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Odd parity and line nodes in heavy-fermion superconductors

M. R. Norman

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.52.15093 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

Group theory arguments have demonstrated that a general odd-parity order parameter cannot have line nodes in the presence of spin-orbit coupling. In this paper, it is shown that these arguments do not hold on the kz=π/c zone face of a hexagonal close-packed lattice. In particular, three of the six odd-parity representations vanish identically on this face. This has potential relevance to the heavy fermion superconductor UPt3.

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