Subphases in the superconducting state of CeIrIn 5 revealed by low-temperature c -axis heat transport

Shakeripour, H.; Tanatar, M. A.; Petrovic, C.; Taillefer, Louis

doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.013192

Title: Subphases in the superconducting state of ${CeIrIn}_{5}$ revealed by low-temperature $c$ -axis heat transport

Journal Article · Thu Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Physical Review Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.013192· OSTI ID:1854293

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; Petrovic, C.; Taillefer, Louis

Low-temperature (down to $~ 50$ mK) thermal conductivity measurements with the heat flow direction along the interplane tetragonal $c$ axis, $κ_{c}$ , were used to study the superconducting state of heavy fermion ${CeIrIn}_{5}$ . Measurements were performed in the magnetic fields both parallel to the heat flow direction $H ∥ c$ , and transverse to it $H ∥ a$ . Interplane heat conductivity in $H ∥ c$ configuration shows negligible initial increase with magnetic field and a rapid rise on approaching $H_{c 2}$ from below, similar to the expectations for the superconducting gap without line nodes. This observation is in stark contrast to monotonic increase found in the previous in-plane heat transport measurements. In the configuration with the magnetic field breaking the tetragonal symmetry of the lattice $H ∥ a$ , $κ_{c}$ reveals nonmonotonic evolution with temperature and magnetic field suggesting subphase boundary in the superconducting state. The characteristic temperature $T_{kink} ~$ 0.07 K of the subboundary is well within the domain of bulk superconductivity $T_{c} ~$ 0.4 K and $H_{c 2} ~$ 1.0 T. These results are consistent with a superconducting gap with an equatorial line node and polar point nodes, a gap symmetry of the $D_{4 h}$ point group, for which magnetic field along the tetragonal plane breaks the degeneracy of the multicomponent order parameter and induces a phase transition with nodal topology change.

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Research Organization:: Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Iran National Science Foundation (INSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358; SC0012704; 4004583

OSTI ID:: 1854293

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1856809

Report Number(s):: IS-J 10,762; PPRHAI; 013192

Journal Information:: Physical Review Research, Journal Name: Physical Review Research Vol. 4 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2643-1564

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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