We argue that a normal Fermi liquid and a singlet, spin-gapped Mott insulator cannot be continuously connected, and that some intermediate phase must intrude between them. By explicitly working out a case study where the singlet insulator is stabilized by orbital degeneracy and an inverted Hund's rule coupling, mimicking a Jahn-Teller effect, we find that the intermediate phase is a superconductor.
Direct transition between a singlet Mott insulator and a superconductor
Capone, Massimo;Fabrizio, Michele;Tosatti, Erio
2001-01-01
Abstract
We argue that a normal Fermi liquid and a singlet, spin-gapped Mott insulator cannot be continuously connected, and that some intermediate phase must intrude between them. By explicitly working out a case study where the singlet insulator is stabilized by orbital degeneracy and an inverted Hund's rule coupling, mimicking a Jahn-Teller effect, we find that the intermediate phase is a superconductor.File in questo prodotto:
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