Two-Gap Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking Superconductivity in Non-Centrosymmetric LaNiC2

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العنوان: Two-Gap Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking Superconductivity in Non-Centrosymmetric LaNiC2
المؤلفون: Sundar, Shyam, Dunsiger, S. R., Gheidi, S., Akella, K. S., Côté, A. M., Özdemir, H. U., Lee-Hone, N. R., Broun, D. M., Mun, E., Honda, F., Sato, Y. J., Koizumi, T., Settai, R., Hirose, Y., Bonalde, I., Sonier, J. E.
المصدر: Phys. Rev. B 103, 014511 (2021)
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Superconductivity
الوصف: We report a $\mu$SR investigation of a non-centrosymmetric superconductor (LaNiC$_2$) in single crystal form. Compared to previous $\mu$SR studies of non-centrosymmetric superconducting polycrystalline and powder samples, the unambiguous orientation of single crystals enables a simultaneous determination of the absolute value of the magnetic penetration depth and the vortex core size from measurements that probe the magnetic field distribution in the vortex state. The magnetic field dependence of these quantities unambiguously demonstrates the presence of two nodeless superconducting energy gaps. In addition, we detect weak internal magnetic fields in the superconducting phase, confirming earlier $\mu$SR evidence for a time-reversal symmetry breaking superconducting state. Our results suggest that Cooper pairing in LaNiC$_2$ is characterized by the same interorbital equal-spin pairing model introduced to describe the pairing state in the centrosymmetric superconductor LaNiGa$_2$.
Comment: 12 pages, 15 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.014511
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.02503
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2011.02503
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.103.014511