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Vortex-Core Charging Due to the Lorentz Force in a $d$-Wave Superconductor (1604.01637v3)
Published 6 Apr 2016 in cond-mat.supr-con and cond-mat.mtrl-sci
Abstract: We derive augmented quasiclassical equations of superconductivity with the Lorentz force in the Matsubara formalism so that the charge redistribution due to supercurrent can be calculated quantitatively. Using it, we obtain an analytic expression for the vortex-core charge of an isolated vortex in extreme type-II materials given in terms of the London penetration depth and the equilibrium Hall coefficient. It depends strongly on the Fermi surface curvature and gap anisotropy, and may change sign even as a function of temperature due to the variation in the excitation curvature under the growing energy gap. This is also confirmed in our numerical study of high-$T_{\rm c}$ superconductors.