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Probing the Nodal Gap in the Pressure-Induced Heavy Fermion Superconductor CeRhIn5

Tuson Park, E. D. Bauer, J. D. Thompson

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.177002 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

We report field-orientation specific heat studies of the pressure-induced heavy-fermion superconductor CeRhIn5. These experiments provide the momentum-dependent superconducting gap function for the first time in any pressure-induced superconductor. In the coexisting phase of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism, field rotation within the Ce-In plane reveals fourfold modulation in the density of states, which favors a d-wave order parameter and constrains a theory of the interplay between superconductivity and magnetism.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
CeRhIn5

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1.041.47 GPaonset
CeCoIn5

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2.3Pressure unresolvedunknown
CeIrIn5

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0.4Pressure unresolvedunknown

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