Functional renormalization-group study of the pairing symmetry and pairing mechanism of the FeAs-based high-temperature superconductor

Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Jan 30;102(4):047005. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.047005. Epub 2009 Jan 29.

Abstract

We apply the fermion functional renormalization-group method to determine the pairing symmetry and pairing mechanism of the FeAs-Based materials. Within a five band model with pure repulsive interactions, we find an electronic-driven superconducting pairing instability. For the doping and interaction parameters we have examined, extended s wave, whose order parameter takes on opposite sign on the electron and hole pockets, is always the most favorable pairing symmetry. The pairing mechanism is the inter-Fermi-surface Josephson scattering generated by the antiferromagnetic correlation.