Negative isotope effect of a BCS-like gap; an inelastic light scattering study

Details Negative isotope effect of a BCS-like gap; an inelastic light scattering study Negative isotope effect of a BCS-like gap; an inelastic light scattering study

2002-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0202134v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

4 pages, 4 figures

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In a prior study of the boron isotope effect on the transition temperature ($T_c$) of $R$Ni$_2$B$_2$C ($R$ = Y, Lu) system, a positive isotope effect was observed, e.g., $T_{c}(^{10}B)> T_{c}(^{11}B)$. BCS theory predicts that the superconducting gap at zero temperature ($\Delta_0$) is proportional to $T_c$. Therefore, the gap should also show a positive boron isotope effect. On the contrary, in an inelastic light scattering study, we report a negative boron isotope effect on the energy $\Omega$ of the gap-like feature in B$_{2g}$ symmetry, e.g., $\Omega(^{10}B)< \Omega(^{11}B)$. The origin of the effect is discussed in terms of selective probing of a non-conventional electron-phonon interaction on part of the Fermi surface, probably near the X point in the Brillouin zone.

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