Thermoelectric Signatures of Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking States in Multiband Superconductors
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❄️ cond-mat.supr-con
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heatingstatessuperconductorselectricfieldmagneticsuperconductingsymmetry
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We show that superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry have very specific magnetic and electric responses to inhomogeneous heating. A local heating of such superconductors induces a magnetic field with a profile that is sensitive to the presence of domain walls and crystalline anisotropy of superconducting states. A nonstationary heating process produces an electric field and a charge imbalance in different bands. These effects can be measured and used to distinguish $s+is$ and $s+id$ superconducting states in the candidate materials such as Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$.
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