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Electronic correlations and superconducting instability in LaNiO under high pressure

arXiv:2306.05121 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.108.L201121

Abstract

Motivated by the report of superconductivity in bilayer LaNiO at high pressure, we examine the interacting electrons in this system. First-principles many-body theory is utilized to study the normal-state electronic properties. Below 100\,K, a multi-orbital non-Fermi liquid state resulting from loss of Ni-ligand coherence within a flat-band dominated low-energy landscape is uncovered. The incoherent low-temperature Fermi surface displays strong mixing between Ni- and Ni- orbital character. In a model-Hamiltonian picture, spin fluctuations originating mostly from the Ni- orbital give rise to strong tendencies towards a superconducting instability with or order parameter. The dramatic enhancement of in pressurized LaNiO is due to stronger Ni- correlations compared to those in the infinite-layer nickelates.

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