Magnetoelectric effects, helical phases, and FFLO phases

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-24624-1_5zbMATH Open1246.82116arXiv1106.0352OpenAlexW2234018355MaRDI QIDQ2905593FDOQ2905593

Authors: D. F. Agterberg 

Publication date: 28 August 2012

Published in: Non-Centrosymmetric Superconductors (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This chapter emphasizes new magnetic properties that arise when inversion symmetry is broken in a superconductor. There are two aspects that will be covered in detail. The first topic encompasses physics related to superconducting magnetoelectric effects that arise from broken inversion symmetry. Broken inversion symmetry allow for Lifshitz invariants in the free energy which can be viewed as a coupling between the magnetic induction and the supercurrent. There are similarities between these invariants and the better known Dzyaloshinskii-Moyira interaction in magnetic systems. These Lifshitz invariants give rise to anomalous magnetic properties as well as new phases in the presence of magnetic fields. Here, we will describe the consequences of these Lifshitz invariants, provide estimates for the relative magnitudes of the novel effects, and discuss the important role that crystal symmetry plays in understanding this physics. Finally, we provide a discussion of the fate of Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) phases in broken inversion superconductors. In particular, we show how broken inversion symmetry can have a profound effect on the stability, existence, and properties of FFLO phases.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.0352

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of group representations to physics and other areas of science (20C35) Ginzburg-Landau equations (35Q56) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

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• Magnetic octupole tensor decomposition and second-order magnetoelectric effect
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• Breaking translational invariance by population imbalance: the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov states

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