Published February 2011
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Journal article
Calorimetric evidence for nodes in the overdoped Ba(Fe0.9Co0.1)2As2
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746 (Korea, Republic of)
- 2. Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 (United States)
- 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4001 (United States)
- 4. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
Description
We present low-temperature specific heat of the electron-doped Ba(Fe0.9Co0.1)2As2, which does not show any indication of an upturn down to 400 mK, the lowest measuring temperature. The lack of a Schottky-like feature at low temperatures or in magnetic fields up to 9 T enables us to identify enhanced low-temperature quasiparticle excitations and to study anisotropy in the linear term of the specific heat. Our results cannot be explained by a single or multiple isotropic superconducting gap, but are consistent with multi-gap superconductivity with nodes on at least one Fermi surface sheet.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/2/023036Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- New Journal of Physics
- Journal Volume
- 13
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- [9 p.]
- ISSN
- 1367-2630
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43027162
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANISOTROPY; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CALORIMETRY; DOPED MATERIALS; ELECTRONS; EXCITATION; FERMI LEVEL; QUASI PARTICLES; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MATERIALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES