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Determination of Gap Symmetry from Angle-DependentHc2Measurements onCeCu2Si2

Authors :
Silvia Seiro
Hugo A. Vieyra
Niels Oeschler
C. Geibel
David S. Parker
Frank Steglich
Hirale S. Jeevan
Source :
Physical Review Letters. 106
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
American Physical Society (APS), 2011.

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.

Details

ISSN :
10797114 and 00319007
Volume :
106
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review Letters
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........9006aa8c3747ca2fbcc164d62c7bfac2