Theory of Chiral p-Wave Superconductivity with Near Nodes for Sr_{2}RuO_{4}

Phys Rev Lett. 2019 Jan 18;122(2):027002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.027002.

Abstract

We use the functional renormalization group method to study a three-orbital model for superconducting Sr_{2}RuO_{4}. Although the pairing symmetry is found to be a chiral p wave, the atomic spin-orbit coupling induces near nodes for quasiparticle excitations. Our theory explains a major experimental puzzle between a d-wavelike feature observed in thermal experiments and the chiral p-wave triplet pairing revealed in nuclear-magnetic resonance and the Kerr effect.