論文

査読有り
2006年6月

Thermal conductivity of the pyrochlore superconductor KOs2O6: Strong electron correlations and fully gapped superconductivity

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • Y. Kasahara
  • ,
  • Y. Shimono
  • ,
  • T. Shibauchi
  • ,
  • Y. Matsuda
  • ,
  • S. Yonezawa
  • ,
  • Y. Muraoka
  • ,
  • Z. Hiroi

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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
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.247004
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000238487900054&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.247004
  • ISSN : 0031-9007
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000238487900054

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