May, 2003
Gap structure and anomalous superconducting state of quasi-2D heavy-fermion CeCoIn5
PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
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- Volume
- 388
- Number
- First page
- 537
- Last page
- 538
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0921-4534(02)02730-2
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
To specify the direction of the nodes in the superconducting gap, we measured the thermal conductivity K of quasi-2D heavy-fermion CeCoIn5 in a magnetic field rotating within the 2D planes. A clear fourfold symmetry Of K which is characteristic of a superconducting gap with nodes along the (+/-pi, +/-pi)-directions is resolved. The thermal conductivity also reveals a first order phase transition at H-c2. The results indicate that the symmetry most likely belongs to d(x2-y2), implying that the anisotropic antiferromagnetic fluctuation is relevant to the superconductivity. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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- DOI : 10.1016/S0921-4534(02)02730-2
- ISSN : 0921-4534
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000183340300261