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Author Scaffidi, Thomas

Title Weak-coupling theory of topological superconductivity : the case of strontium ruthenate / by Thomas Scaffidi
Published Cham : Springer, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (XVIII, 108 pages) : 33 illustrations, 12 illustrations in color
Series Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph. D. Research
Springer theses.
Contents Introduction -- Weak Coupling Theory -- Application to Sr2RuO4 -- Edge Currents -- Strain -- Conclusion
Summary This thesis sheds important new light on the puzzling properties of Strontium Ruthenate. Using a sophisticated weak-coupling approach, exact within certain limits, it shows that proper treatment of spin-orbit and multi-band effects is crucial to the physics. Based on the results of these calculations, it resolves a crucial, long-standing puzzle in the field: It demonstrates why the experimentally observed time-reversal breaking is not incompatible with the observed lack of measurable edge currents. Lastly, the thesis makes predictions for the properties of the material under uniaxial strain, which are in good agreement with recent experiments --resolving the mystery of the so-called 3K phase, and suggesting the intriguing possibility that under strain the superconductor may become conventional
Notes "Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Oxford, UK."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Physics.
Superconductivity.
Superconductors.
Physics
physics.
superconductor.
Mathematical physics.
Semi-conductors & super-conductors.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Electricity.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Electromagnetism.
Physics
Superconductivity
Superconductors
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783319628677
3319628674