# Mechanism for nematic superconductivity in FeSe

## TL;DR

This paper proposes a microscopic model for nematic superconductivity in FeSe, explaining key experimental features such as neutron spectra, gap anisotropy, and pairing symmetry through a spin-fermion approach.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel microscopic description of nematic quantum spin liquid and its role in superconductivity in FeSe, incorporating orbital-dependent Hund's coupling.

## Key findings

- Reproduces neutron spectra with a broad continuum.
- Predicts nodeless $s ext{-}±d$-wave pairing symmetry.
- Explains gap anisotropy via orbital-dependent Hund's coupling.

## Abstract

Despite its seemingly simple composition and structure, the pairing mechanism of FeSe remains an open problem due to several striking phenomena. Among them are nematic order without magnetic order, nodeless gap and unusual inelastic neutron spectra with a broad continuum, and gap anisotropy consistent with orbital selection of unknown origin. Here we propose a microscopic description of a nematic quantum spin liquid that reproduces key features of neutron spectra. We then study how the spin fluctuations of the local moments lead to pairing within a spin-fermion model. We find the resulting superconducting order parameter to be nodeless $s\pm d$-wave within each domain. Further we show that orbital dependent Hund's coupling can readily capture observed gap anisotropy. Our prediction calls for inelastic neutron scattering in a detwinned sample.