Order-parameter anisotropies in the pnictides: An optimization principle for multi-band superconductivity

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 523, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 638-644

  Hanke, W ^a   Platt, Ch ^a   Thomale, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

strongly correlated electrons.; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

COULOMB REPULSIONS; FUNCTIONAL RENORMALIZATION GROUP; MOMENTUM SPACES; MULTIBAND; OPTIMIZATION PRINCIPLE; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; ORDER-PARAMETER; PAIRING INTERACTIONS; PNICTIDES; STRONGLY CORRELATED ELECTRONS; SUPERCONDUCTING GAPS;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONS; MOMENTUM; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 80052516176     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: 15213889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/andp.201100035     Document Type: Article

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