Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2004-05-11
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
10 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.70.184502
The superconducting gap structure of heavy fermion UPd_2Al_3, in which unconventional superconductivity coexists with antiferromagnetic (AF) order with atomic size local moments, was investigated by the thermal conductivity measurements in a magnetic field rotating in various directions relative to the crystal axes. The results provide strong evidence that the gap function \Delta(k) has a single line node orthogonal to the c-axis located at the AF Brillouin zone boundary, while \Delta(k) is isotropic within the basal plane. The determined nodal structure is compatible with the resonance peak in the dynamical susceptibility observed in neutron inelastic scattering experiments. Based on these results, we conclude that the superconducting pairing function of UPd_2Al_3 is most likely to be d-wave with a form \Delta(k)=\Delta_0 cos(k_zc)
Haga Yoshinori
Izawa Koichi
Kasahara Yasushi
Maki Kazumi
Matsuda Yuichi
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