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Fully gapped d-wave superconductivity in CeCu(2)Si(2)

The nature of the pairing symmetry of the first heavy fermion superconductor CeCu(2)Si(2) has recently become the subject of controversy. While CeCu(2)Si(2) was generally believed to be a [Formula: see text]-wave superconductor, recent low-temperature specific heat measurements showed evidence for f...

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Autores principales: Pang, Guiming, Smidman, Michael, Zhang, Jinglei, Jiao, Lin, Weng, Zongfa, Nica, Emilian M., Chen, Ye, Jiang, Wenbing, Zhang, Yongjun, Xie, Wu, Jeevan, Hirale S., Lee, Hanoh, Gegenwart, Philipp, Steglich, Frank, Si, Qimiao, Yuan, Huiqiu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29739886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1720291115
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author Pang, Guiming
Smidman, Michael
Zhang, Jinglei
Jiao, Lin
Weng, Zongfa
Nica, Emilian M.
Chen, Ye
Jiang, Wenbing
Zhang, Yongjun
Xie, Wu
Jeevan, Hirale S.
Lee, Hanoh
Gegenwart, Philipp
Steglich, Frank
Si, Qimiao
Yuan, Huiqiu
author_facet Pang, Guiming
Smidman, Michael
Zhang, Jinglei
Jiao, Lin
Weng, Zongfa
Nica, Emilian M.
Chen, Ye
Jiang, Wenbing
Zhang, Yongjun
Xie, Wu
Jeevan, Hirale S.
Lee, Hanoh
Gegenwart, Philipp
Steglich, Frank
Si, Qimiao
Yuan, Huiqiu
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description The nature of the pairing symmetry of the first heavy fermion superconductor CeCu(2)Si(2) has recently become the subject of controversy. While CeCu(2)Si(2) was generally believed to be a [Formula: see text]-wave superconductor, recent low-temperature specific heat measurements showed evidence for fully gapped superconductivity, contrary to the nodal behavior inferred from earlier results. Here, we report London penetration depth measurements, which also reveal fully gapped behavior at very low temperatures. To explain these seemingly conflicting results, we propose a fully gapped [Formula: see text] band-mixing pairing state for CeCu(2)Si(2), which yields very good fits to both the superfluid density and specific heat, as well as accounting for a sign change of the superconducting order parameter, as previously concluded from inelastic neutron scattering results.
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spelling pubmed-60035252018-06-18 Fully gapped d-wave superconductivity in CeCu(2)Si(2) Pang, Guiming Smidman, Michael Zhang, Jinglei Jiao, Lin Weng, Zongfa Nica, Emilian M. Chen, Ye Jiang, Wenbing Zhang, Yongjun Xie, Wu Jeevan, Hirale S. Lee, Hanoh Gegenwart, Philipp Steglich, Frank Si, Qimiao Yuan, Huiqiu Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Physical Sciences The nature of the pairing symmetry of the first heavy fermion superconductor CeCu(2)Si(2) has recently become the subject of controversy. While CeCu(2)Si(2) was generally believed to be a [Formula: see text]-wave superconductor, recent low-temperature specific heat measurements showed evidence for fully gapped superconductivity, contrary to the nodal behavior inferred from earlier results. Here, we report London penetration depth measurements, which also reveal fully gapped behavior at very low temperatures. To explain these seemingly conflicting results, we propose a fully gapped [Formula: see text] band-mixing pairing state for CeCu(2)Si(2), which yields very good fits to both the superfluid density and specific heat, as well as accounting for a sign change of the superconducting order parameter, as previously concluded from inelastic neutron scattering results. National Academy of Sciences 2018-05-22 2018-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6003525/ /pubmed/29739886 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1720291115 Text en Copyright © 2018 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Physical Sciences
Pang, Guiming
Smidman, Michael
Zhang, Jinglei
Jiao, Lin
Weng, Zongfa
Nica, Emilian M.
Chen, Ye
Jiang, Wenbing
Zhang, Yongjun
Xie, Wu
Jeevan, Hirale S.
Lee, Hanoh
Gegenwart, Philipp
Steglich, Frank
Si, Qimiao
Yuan, Huiqiu
Fully gapped d-wave superconductivity in CeCu(2)Si(2)
title Fully gapped d-wave superconductivity in CeCu(2)Si(2)
title_full Fully gapped d-wave superconductivity in CeCu(2)Si(2)
title_fullStr Fully gapped d-wave superconductivity in CeCu(2)Si(2)
title_full_unstemmed Fully gapped d-wave superconductivity in CeCu(2)Si(2)
title_short Fully gapped d-wave superconductivity in CeCu(2)Si(2)
title_sort fully gapped d-wave superconductivity in cecu(2)si(2)
topic Physical Sciences
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29739886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1720291115
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