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Nodeless superconductivity in Ca³lr4Sn13: Evidence from quasiparticle heat transport.
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Physical Review B: Condensed Matter & Materials Physics . Aug2012, Vol. 86 Issue 6, p1-4. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- We report resistivity ρ and thermal conductivity K measurements on Ca³Ir4Sn13 single crystals, in which superconductivity with Tc ≈ 7 K was claimed to coexist with ferromagnetic spin fluctuations. Among three crystals, only one crystal shows a small hump in resistivity near 20 K, which was previously attributed to the ferromagnetic spin fluctuations. The other two crystals show the ρ ~ T² Fermi-liquid behavior at low temperature. For both single crystals with and without the resistivity anomaly, the residual linear term K0/ T is negligible in zero magnetic field. In low fields, K0(H)/T shows a slow field dependence. These results demonstrate that the superconducting gap of Ca3lr4Sn13 is nodeless and thus rule out a nodal gap caused by ferromagnetic spin fluctuations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10980121
- Volume :
- 86
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physical Review B: Condensed Matter & Materials Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 82680049
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.064504