Enhancement of Electronic Spin Susceptibility in Pauli Limited Unconventional Superconductors

Abstract

We calculate the wave-vector dependent electronic spin susceptibility $\chi_{\alpha\beta}(\mathbf q, \mathbf H_0)$ of a d-wave superconductor in uniform magnetic field $\mathbf{H}_0$ with Pauli pair-breaking. We find that the transverse component of the susceptibility tensor can be greater than its normal state value; the longitudinal component also slightly increases but in a very limited range of $q$s. We identify several wave vectors $\{\mathbf q_\perp,\mathbf q_\parallel\}$, that correspond to the maxima of either $\chi_\perp$ or $\chi_\parallel$. We compare our results with available data on the high-field phase in heavy-fermion CeCoIn$_5$.