d-Wave Spin Density Wave Phase in the Attractive Hubbard Model with Spin Polarization

Abstract

We investigate the possibility of an unconventional spin density wave (SDW) in the attractive Hubbard model with finite spin polarization. We show that pairing and density fluctuations induce a transverse d-wave SDW near the half-filling. This novel SDW is related to the d-wave superfluidity induced by antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations, in the sense that they are connected with each other through Shiba’s attraction–repulsion transformation. Our results predict the d-wave SDW in real systems, such as cold Fermi atom gases with a population imbalance and compounds involving valence skipper elements.