Magnetic impurity transition in a 'd+s'-wave superconductor

Abstract

We consider the superconducting state of $d+s$ symmetry with finite concentration of Anderson impurities in the limit ${\Delta }_s/{\Delta }_d\ll 1$. The model consists of a BCS-like term in the Hamiltonian and the Anderson impurity treated in the self-consistent large-$N$ mean field approximation. Increasing impurity concentration or lowering the ratio ${\Delta }_s/{\Delta }_d$ drives the system through a transition from a state with two sharp peaks at low energies and exponentially small density of states at the Fermi level to one with $N(0)\simeq ({\Delta }_s/{\Delta }_d{)}^2$. This transition is discontinuous if the energy of the impurity resonance is the smallest energy scale in the problem.

3 pages, 2 figures, presented at the International Conference on Quantum Criticality and Novel Phases (QCNP09, Dresden)

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