Abstract
Broken time-reversal symmetry (BTRS) in as well as in superconductors is studied and is shown to yield current carrying surface states. We evaluate the temperature and thickness dependence of the resulting spontaneous magnetization and show a marked difference between weak and strong BTRS. We also derive the Hall conductance which vanishes at zero wave vector q and finite frequency however, at finite it has an unusual structure. The chirality of the surface states leads to quantum Hall effects for spin and heat transport in superconductors.
- Received 18 June 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.214503
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