Unconventional density waves and superconductivities in Fe-based superconductors and other strongly correlated electron systems

Abstract

To seek high-$T_c$ pairing mechanism, many scientists have focused on the mysterious spontaneous rotational symmetry breaking above Tc, such as nematic order at $q=0$ and smectic order at $q\ne 0$. Such exotic correlation-driven symmetry breaking in metals has become a central issue in condensed matter physics. We demonstrate the emergence of the nematic and smectic orders due to orbital polarization ($n_{xz}\ne n_{yz}$) and the symmetry breaking in the correlated intersite hopping (= bond order $\delta t_{i,j}$) in Fe-based and cuprate superconductors. In addition, we discuss exotic spontaneous loop current orders driven by the pure imaginary $\delta t_{i,j}$. These interesting ``unconventional density-waves'' originate from the quantum interference between different spin fluctuations that is described by the vertex correction (VC) in the field theory. In the next stage, we discuss electron-correlation driven superconductivity due to the fluctuations of unconventional density-waves. For this purpose, we suggest the beyond-Migdal-Eliashberg gap equation by including the VCs into the equation. In Fe-based superconductors, high-$T_c$ $s$-wave superconductivity can be mediated by nematic and smectic fluctuations because the pairing interaction is magnified by the VCs. We also discuss the multipolar fluctuation pairing mechanism in heavy fermion systems, owing to the cooperation between the strong spin-orbit interaction and the strong electron correlation. To summarize, we suggest that the quantum interference mechanism described by the VCs is the key ingredients to explain not only various unconventional density-waves, but also exotic superconducting states in many strongly correlated metals. We finally discuss some interesting future issues with respect to the quantum interference mechanism.

98 pages, 50 figures, to be published in Advances in Physics

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