Formation of Cooper pairs between conduction and localized electrons in heavy-fermion superconductors

Abstract

Cooper pairing between a conduction electron ($c$ electron) and an $f$ electron, referred to as the "$c$-$f$ pairing," is examined to explain s-wave superconductivity in heavy-fermion systems. We first apply the Schrieffer-Wolff transformation to the periodic Anderson model assuming deep $f$ level and strong Coulomb repulsion. The resulting effective Hamiltonian contains direct and spin-exchange interactions between $c$ and $f$ electrons, which are responsible for the formation of the $c$-$f$ Cooper pairs. The mean-field analysis shows that the fully gapped $c$-$f$ pairing phase with anisotropic s-wave symmetry appears in a large region of the phase diagram. We also find two different types of exotic $c$-$f$ pairing phases, the Fulde-Ferrell and breached pairing phases. The formation of the $c$-$f$ Cooper pairs is attributed to the fact that the strong Coulomb repulsion makes a quasiparticle $f$ band near the center of the conduction band.

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