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Heat-capacity measurements of energy-gap nodes of the heavy-fermion superconductor CeIrIn5 deep inside the pressure-dependent dome structure of its superconducting phase diagram

Authors :
Xin, Lu
Hanoh, Lee
T, Park
F, Ronning
E D, Bauer
J D, Thompson
Source :
Physical review letters. 108(2)
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

We use heat-capacity measurements as a function of field rotation to identify the nodal gap structure of CeIrIn(5) at pressures to 2.05 GPa, deep inside its superconducting dome. A fourfold oscillation in the heat capacity at 0.3 K is observed for all pressures, but with its sign reversed between 1.50 and 0.90 GPa. On the basis of recent theoretical models for the field-angle-dependent specific heat, all data, including the sign reversal, imply a d(x(2)-y(2)) order parameter with nodes along [110], which constrains theoretical models of the pairing mechanism in CeIrIn(5).

Details

ISSN :
10797114
Volume :
108
Issue :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Accession number :
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