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Jul, 2005

Impurity effect as a probe for the gap function in the filled skutterudite compound superconductor PrOs4Sb12: Sb-NQR study

JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
  • M Nishiyama
  • ,
  • T Kato
  • ,
  • H Sugawara
  • ,
  • D Kikuchi
  • ,
  • H Sato
  • ,
  • H Harima
  • ,
  • GQ Zheng

Volume
74
Number
7
First page
1938
Last page
1941
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1143/JPSJ.74.1938
Publisher
PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN

We have carried out nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements in the filled skutterudite compounds Pr(Os1-x,Ru,)(4)Sb-12 (x = 0. 1, 0.2), in order to gain insights into the symmetry of the superconducting gap function. Upon replacing Os with Ru, the spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T-1 becomes proportional to temperature (T) at low T far below T-c, and the magnitude of (1/T1T1)(low-T) increases with increasing Ru content. These results indicate that a finite density of states is induced at the Fermi level by the impurity, and thus suggest that there exist nodes in the gap function of PrOs4Sb12.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.74.1938
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https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000230659300016&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1143/JPSJ.74.1938
  • ISSN : 0031-9015
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000230659300016

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