Possible realization of odd-frequency pairing in heavy fermion compounds
- 10 May 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 70 (19) , 2960-2963
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.70.2960
Abstract
Using Majorana fermions to represent spins we reexamine the Kondo lattice model for heavy fermions. The simplest decoupling procedure provides a realization of odd-frequency superconductivity, with resonant pairing and surfaces of gap zeros. Spin and charge coherence factors vanish linearly with the energy on the Fermi surface, predicting a linear specific heat, but a NMR relaxation rate. Possible application to heavy fermions is suggested.
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