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Feb, 2007

Evidence for point nodes in the superconducting gap function in the filled skutterudite heavy-fermion compound PrOs4Sb12 : Sb-123-NQR study under pressure

JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
  • Kouta Katayama
  • ,
  • Shinji Kawasaki
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  • Masahide Nishiyama
  • ,
  • Hitoshi Sugawara
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  • Daisuke Kikuchi
  • ,
  • Hideyuki Sato
  • ,
  • Guo-qing Zheng

Volume
76
Number
2
First page
023701 (1)-023701(4)
Last page
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1143/JPSJ.76.023701
Publisher
PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN

We report Sb-123 nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements of the filled skutterudite heavy-fermion superconductor PrOs4Sb12 under high pressures of 1.91 and 2.34GPa. The temperature dependence of NQR frequency and the spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T-1 indicate that the crystal-electricfield splitting Delta(CEF) between the ground state Gamma(1) singlet and the first excited state Gamma((2))(4) triplet decreases with increasing pressure. The 1/T-1 below T-c = 1.55 K at P = 1.91 GPa shows a power-law temperature variation and is proportional to T-5 at temperatures considerably below T,, which indicates the existence of Point nodes in the superconducting gap function. The data can be well fitted by the gap model Delta(theta) = Delta(0) sin theta with Delta(0) = 3.08k-B T-c. The relation between the superconductivity and the quadrupole fluctuations associated with the 1,(2) state is discussed.

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https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.76.023701
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https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000244466000009&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1143/JPSJ.76.023701
  • ISSN : 0031-9015
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000244466000009

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