2006年6月
Thermal conductivity of the pyrochlore superconductor KOs2O6: Strong electron correlations and fully gapped superconductivity
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
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- 巻
- 96
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- 24
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.247004
- 出版者・発行元
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
To elucidate the nature of the superconducting ground state of the geometrically frustrated pyrochlore KOs2O6 (T-c=9.6 K), the thermal conductivity was measured down to low temperatures (similar to T-c/100). We found that the quasiparticle mean free path is strikingly enhanced below a transition at T-p=7.8 K, indicating enormous electron inelastic scattering in the normal state. In magnetic fields, the conduction at T -> 0 K is nearly constant up to similar to 0.4H(c2), in contrast with the rapid growth expected for superconductors with an anisotropic gap. This unambiguously indicates a fully gapped superconductivity, in contrast with previous studies. These results highlight that KOs2O6 is unique among superconductors with strong electron correlations.
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- DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.247004
- ISSN : 0031-9007
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000238487900054