Model Construction and a Possibility of Cupratelike Pairing in a New d^{9} Nickelate Superconductor (Nd,Sr)NiO_{2}

Phys Rev Lett. 2020 Aug 14;125(7):077003. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.077003.

Abstract

Effective models are constructed for a newly discovered superconductor (Nd,Sr)NiO_{2}, which has been considered as a possible nickelate analog of the cuprates. Estimation of the effective interaction, which turns out to require a multiorbital model that takes account of all the orbitals involved on the Fermi surface, shows that the effective interactions are significantly larger than in the cuprates. A fluctuation exchange study suggests occurrence of d_{x^{2}-y^{2}}-wave superconductivity, where the transition temperature should be lowered from the cuprates due to the larger interaction.