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Instability of the BCS Type Pairing in Magnetic Field Due to the Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction and Supercurrent Generation by Spin-Twisting Itinerant Motion of Electrons in BCS Superconductors

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In a uniform magnetic field, the BCS type pairing is taken over by the pairing of spin-twisting itinerant motion states due to the Rashba spin-orbit interaction. It gives rise to stable eddy currents forced to flow by the single-valued requirement of the wave function. They are stabilized by the energy gap of the electron pairing and protected by topological winding numbers of the wave function for the spin-twisting itinerant motion. The supercurrent is generated by a collection of such eddy currents.

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  1. Division of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305–8573, Japan

    Hiroyasu Koizumi

  2. Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980–8578, Japan

    Masashi Tachiki

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Koizumi, H., Tachiki, M. Instability of the BCS Type Pairing in Magnetic Field Due to the Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction and Supercurrent Generation by Spin-Twisting Itinerant Motion of Electrons in BCS Superconductors. J Supercond Nov Magn 28, 2267–2273 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-015-3034-5

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