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ABSTRACT: We present a phenomenological theory of the interplay between nematic order
and superconductivity in the vicinity of a vortex induced by an applied
magnetic field. Nematic order can be strongly enhanced in the vortex core. As a
result, the vortex cores become elliptical in shape. For the case where there
is weak bulk nematic order at zero magnetic field, the field-induced
eccentricity of the vortex core has a slow power-law decay away from the core.
Conversely, if the nematic order is field-induced, then the eccentricity is
confined to the vortex core. We discuss the relevance of our results to recent
scanning tunnelling microscopy experiments on FeSe (Song et al., Science 332,
1410 (2011)).
09/2011;
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2011
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Harvard University
Boston,
MA,
USA