A GENERALIZATION OF THE GINZBURG–LANDAU THEORY TO p-WAVE SUPERCONDUCTORS.

We succeed in building up a straightforward theoretical model for spin-triplet p-wave superconductors, by introducing a second-order parameter and a nonlinear interaction between the two mean fields in the Ginzburg–Landau theory. Such interaction breaks the isotropy of the original medium and allows pairs of electrons to arrange into S = 1 Cooper pairs. The present model predicts a thermodynamical and magnetic behavior analogous to that observed in conventional s-wave superconductors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]