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Published on: October 9, 2012
Superconducting gap structure of spin-triplet superconductor Sr2RuO4 studied by thermal conductivity
K Izawa1, H Takahashi, H Yamaguchi
1Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan.
Abstract:
To clarify the superconducting gap structure of the spin-triplet superconductor Sr2RuO4, the in-plane thermal conductivity has been measured as a function of relative orientations of the thermal flow, the crystal axes, and a magnetic field rotating within the 2D RuO2 planes. The in-plane variation of the thermal conductivity is incompatible with any model with line nodes vertical to the 2D planes and indicates the existence of horizontal nodes. These results place strong constraints on models that attempt to explain the mechanism of the triplet superconductivity.
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