Enhancement of $T_c$ by disorder in FeSe

ORAL

Abstract

A recent electron irradiation experiment on FeSe single crystals has shown an unusual effect of disorder on superconductivity in this system. Point-like impurities introduced by electron irradiation increase $T_c$, while the structural transition temperature ($T_s$) gets suppressed. FeSe has strong nematic order below $T_s$, but there is no magnetic order, where one might expect $T_c$ enhancement by impurities. Here we examine the effect of disorder on the competition between nematicity and superconductivity. We find that the impurities can under some circumstances increase $T_c$, furthermore that show that the $T_c$ enhancement put constraints on the gap structure in FeSe.

*PH was supported by NSF-DMR-1407502. VM was supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U S Department of Energy.

Authors

  • Peter Hirschfeld

    • Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville
    • University of Florida
    • Univ of Florida - Gainesville
  • vivek mishra

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory