Breakdown of the coexistence of spin-singlet superconductivity and itinerant ferromagnetism

Abstract

We discuss the possibility of coexistence of spin-singlet superconductivity and ferromagnetism in a model where the same electrons are assumed responsible for both of them. Our calculations include both zero and finite momentum pairing states with both s-wave and d-wave pairing symmetry. Under the mean-field approximation, the thermodynamic potential of the non-magnetic superconducting (SC) state is shown to be always lower than that of the superconducting ferromagnetic (SF) state. It follows that the spin-singlet SF state is energetically unfavorable, and a spin-triplet SF state is more likely to survive in metals such as UGe$_{2}$ and ZrZn$_{2}$.