Fluctuation-induced odd-frequency spin-triplet pairing in disordered electron liquid
arXiv:1912.04258 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.105.214523
Abstract
We consider a two-dimensional disordered conductor in the regime when the superconducting phase is destroyed by the magnetic field. We analyze a combination of fluctuations of different origin which results in an effective interaction amplitude suitable for a spontaneous s-wave odd-frequency pairing instability. We observe that the end point of the superconductivity is a quantum critical point separating the conventional superconducting phase from a state with the odd-frequency spin-triplet pairing instability. We speculate that this could shed light on a rather mysterious insulating state observed in strongly disordered superconducting films in a broad region of the magnetic fields.
28 pages, 8 figures; changed title
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