Superconductivity in the Two-Orbital Hubbard Model of Infinite-Layer Nickelates

Abstract

The pairing symmetry in infinite-layer nickelate superconductors has been an intriguing problem under heated debates. In this work, we study a two-orbital Hubbard model with one strongly correlated $3d$ orbital and one more itinerant $5d$ orbital, by using an eight-site cellular dynamic mean field theory study. We establish a superconducting phase diagram with $d_{x^{2}-y^{2}}$, $s_{\pm}$ and $d+is$ wave pairing symmetries, based on which we clarify the roles of various relevant parameters including hybridization $V$, itinerant carrier density $\langle n_{c}\rangle$ and interaction $U_{c}$. We show that the inclusion of a less correlated $5d$ band in general suppresses the $d_{x^{2}-y^{2}}$ wave pairing. We demonstrate that the $d+is$ wave is maximized when the $5d$ orbital has a large Coulomb repulsion with intermediate hybridization parameter. We perform fluctuation diagnostics to show that the driving force behind the $d_{x^{2}-y^{2}}$ wave is the intraband antiferromagnetic fluctuations in the $3d$ orbital, while for the $s_{\pm}$ wave, the pairing is mainly from the antiferromagnetic correlations residing on the local $3d$-$5d$ bond in real space.