Even parity, orbital singlet, and spin triplet pairing for superconducting LaFeAsO1-xFx

Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Aug 1;101(5):057008. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.057008. Epub 2008 Jul 31.

Abstract

We examine the spin-triplet superconducting state of even parity mediated by ferromagnetic Hund's coupling between electrons in two almost degenerate orbital bands. This state may be realized in the recently discovered LaFeAsO(1-x)F(x). It is robust against orbital-independent disorder. The splitting of the orbital degeneracy suppresses superconductivity and leads to an anisotropic spectrum in the Bogoliubov quasiparticle. The former predicts a strong pressure dependence of T(c) and the latter predicts Fermi pockets, which may be tested in angle resolved photoemission spectra.