Superconducting Gap Structure of the Noncentrosymmetric Topological Superconductor Candidate HfRuP

Autor: Debarchan Das, Devashibhai Adroja, Rajesh Tripathi, Zurab Guguchia, Fabian Hotz, Hubertus Luetkens, Zhijun Wang, Dayu Yan, Huiqian Luo, Youguo Shi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Magnetochemistry, Vol 9, Iss 5, p 135 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2312-7481
DOI: 10.3390/magnetochemistry9050135
Popis: We investigate the gap symmetry of the topological superconductor candidate HfRuP, which crystallizes in a noncentrosymmetric hexagonal crystal structure, using muon spin rotation/relaxation (μSR) measurements in transverse-field (TF) geometry. The temperature and magnetic field dependencies of the superconducting relaxation rate derived from the TF-μSR spectra can be well described by an isotropic s-wave gap. The superconducting carrier density ns = 1.41(1) × 1026 m−3 and the magnetic penetration depth, λ(0) = 603(2) nm, were calculated from the TF-μSR data. Interestingly, the ratio between the superconducting transition temperature and the superfluid density, Tc/λ−2(0) ∼ 3.3, is very close to those of unconventional superconductors. Further, our zero-field (ZF) μSR results do not show any considerable change in the muon spin relaxation above and below the superconducting transition temperature, suggesting that time-reversal symmetry is preserved in the superconducting state of this superconductor.
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