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Structure of the Order Parameter of Topological Superconductors Based on 3d and 4d Transition Metal Oxides

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We consider experimental data on the order parameter structure in superconductors with a layered perovskite structure: La2CuO4 and Sr2RuO4. Experimental data are analyzed using the space group approach to two-electron states in crystals. From the crystalline symmetry of Sr2RuO4, we derive two-electron functions with Eu symmetry, having nodal planes consistent with experimental data. In the case of La2CuO4 and high-Tc materials, the order parameter corresponds to the irreducible representation B1g with hidden symmetry D4h. It is also shown that the charge density waves found in pseudogap states of high-Tc materials can be thought of as two-electron states of equivalent electrons with a nonzero momentum.

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This work was supported by the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science (state research target for the Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, in the field of basic research).

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Yarzhemsky, V.G., Izotov, A.D. Structure of the Order Parameter of Topological Superconductors Based on 3d and 4d Transition Metal Oxides. Inorg Mater 55, 944–951 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002016851909019X

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