Unconventional pairing originating from disconnected Fermi surfaces in the iron-based superconductor

Abstract

For the iron-based high $T_c$ superconductor LaFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_x$, we construct a minimal model, where all of the five Fe $d$ bands turn out to be involved. We then investigate the origin of superconductivity with a five-band random-phase approximation by solving the Eliashberg equation. We conclude that the spin fluctuation modes arising from the nesting between the disconnected Fermi pockets realise, basically, an extended s-wave pairing, where the gap changes sign across the nesting vector.

17pages, 4 figures, to be published in Physica C, Special Edition on Superconducting Pnictides, contains corrections to our previous paper PRL 101, 087004 (2008)