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Title: Effect of impurities on the specific heat of the spin-triplet superconductor Sr{sub 2}RuO{sub 4}

Journal Article · · Journal of Low Temperature Physics

The authors have investigated the specific heat of single crystals of the spin-triplet superconductor Sr{sub 2}RuO{sub 4} (T{sub c0} = 1.50 K) with various {Tc}. They focus on the {Tc} dependence of the specific heat jump at {Tc} and of the residual specific heat coefficient. The observed behavior is not quantitatively consistent with a model with a simple isotropic gap. They argue that inclusions of both the in-plane anisotropy of the gap and the dependence of the gap on different Fermi-surface sheets are needed to resolve this discrepancy.

Research Organization:
Kyoto Univ. (JP)
OSTI ID:
20015355
Journal Information:
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Vol. 117, Issue 5-6; Conference: International Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Molecular and Oxide Superconductors, Stockholm (SE), 07/28/1999--08/02/1999; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1999; ISSN 0022-2291
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English