  A model study for the coexistence of the spin density wave and
superconductivity is presented. With reference to the recent angle resolved
photo emmission experimental data in high T_c cuprates, presence of the nested
pieces of bands is assumed. The single band Hubbard model, therefore, when
treated within the Hatree-Fock mean field theory leads to a spin density wave
(SDW) ground state. The superconductivity (SC) is assumed to be due to a
generalised attractive potential with a separable form without specifying to
any particular origin. It therefore allows a comparative study of the
coexistence of superconductivity of different order parameter symmetry with the
spin density wave state. We find that the phase diagram, comprising of the
amplitudes of the respective gaps (SC and SDW) Vs. band filling resembles to
that of the high T_c cuprates only when the order parameter of the
superconducting phase has d-wave symmetry. Thermal variation of different order
parameters (e.g, SC and SDW) also show interesting coexistence and reentrance
behaviors that are consistent with experimental observations, specially for the
borocarbides.
