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Determination of Gap Symmetry from Angle-DependentHc2Measurements onCeCu2Si2
- Source :
- Physical Review Letters. 106
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society (APS), 2011.
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Abstract
- The tetragonal heavy-fermion compound ${\mathrm{CeCu}}_{2}{\mathrm{Si}}_{2}$ exhibits a superconducting ground state ($S$ type, ${T}_{c}=0.67\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{K}$) close to a magnetic instability. Here, we present angle-resolved resistivity measurements of the upper critical field ${H}_{c2}$. In-plane rotation of $S$-type ${\mathrm{CeCu}}_{2}{\mathrm{Si}}_{2}$ single crystals reveals a fourfold oscillation of ${H}_{c2}$. An extended weak-coupling BCS model for a $d$-wave symmetry including strong Pauli-limiting effects confirms the aforementioned angular dependence and points towards ${d}_{xy}$ symmetry of the order parameter.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Superconductivity
Tetragonal crystal system
Condensed matter physics
Electrical resistivity and conductivity
Condensed Matter::Superconductivity
General Physics and Astronomy
Order (ring theory)
Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons
Symmetry (geometry)
Type (model theory)
Ground state
Critical field
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10797114 and 00319007
- Volume :
- 106
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........9006aa8c3747ca2fbcc164d62c7bfac2