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Low-energy incommensurate spin excitations in superconducting La1.85Sr0.15CuO4

T. R. Thurston, P. M. Gehring, G. Shirane, R. J. Birgeneau, M. A. Kastner, Y. Endoh, M. Matsuda, K. Yamada, H. Kojima, I. Tanaka

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.46.9128 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

Neutron-scattering experiments with markedly improved signal-to-noise ratios have been performed on single-crystal superconducting La1.85Sr0.15CuO4 (Tc=33 K) at energies down to 1.5 meV. The measurements provide quantitative information on the temperature dependence of χ’’(q,ω). Surprisingly, χ’’(qpeak,ω) is approximately constant below Tc for the measured energies 1.5 meV≤ω≤6 meV, that is, for energies much less than the mean-field BCS gap energy of ∼10 meV, hence implying other than conventional s-wave superconductivity.

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