Possible spin triplet superconductivity in NaxCoO2.yH2O.
Symmetry-based considerations are combined with inputs from available experimental results to make the case that a novel spin-triplet superconductivity triggered by antiferromagnetic fluctuations may be realized in the newly discovered layered cobaltide NaxCoO2.yH(2)O. In the proposed picture, inaccessible via resonating-valence-bond physics extrapolated from half-filling, the pairing process is similar to that advanced for Sr2RuO4, but enjoys a further advantage coming from the hexagonal structure of the Fermi surface which gives a stronger pairing tendency.
Tanaka
Akihiro
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Computational Materials Science Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan.
Hu
Xiao
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