Resonance peak in Sr2RuO4: Signature of spin triplet pairing

Citation
Dk. Morr et al., Resonance peak in Sr2RuO4: Signature of spin triplet pairing, PHYS REV L, 86(26), 2001, pp. 5978-5981
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
86
Issue
26
Year of publication
2001
Pages
5978 - 5981
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20010625)86:26<5978:RPISSO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We study the dynamical spin susceptibility, chi (q,omega), in the normal an d superconducting states of Sr2RuO4. In the normal state, we find a peak in the vicinity of Q(i) similar or equal to (0.72 pi, 0.72 pi) in agreement w ith recent inelastic neutron scattering experiments. We predict that for sp in triplet pairing in the superconducting state a resonance peak appears in the out-of-plane component of chi, but is absent in the in-plane component . In contrast, no resonance peak is expected for spin singlet pairing.