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BCS-like superconductivity in the noncentrosymmetric compounds Nb$_x$Re$_{1-x}$

Superconductivity 2013-11-01 v1

Abstract

We present research on the superconducting properties of Nbx_{x}Re1x_{1-x} (xx = 0.13-0.38) obtained by measuring the electrical resistivity ρ(T)\rho(T), magnetic susceptibility χ(T)\chi(T), specific heat CP(T)C_P(T), and London penetration depth Δλ(T)\Delta\lambda(T). It is found that the superconducting transition temperature TcT_c decreases monotonically with an increase of xx. The upper critical field Bc2(T)B_{c2}(T) for various xx can be nicely scaled by its corresponding TcT_c. The electronic specific heat Ce(T)/TC_e(T)/T, penetration depth Δλ(T)\Delta\lambda(T), and superfluid density ρs(T)\rho_{s}(T) demonstrate exponential behavior at low temperatures and can be well fitted by a one-gap BCS model. The residual Sommerfeld coefficient γ0(B)\gamma_0(B) in the superconducting state follows a linear field dependence. All these properties suggest an \emph{s}-wave BCS-type of superconductivity with a very large Bc2(0)B_{c2}(0) for Nbx_{x}Re1x_{1-x} (0.13 x\leq x \leq 0.38).

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@article{arxiv.1310.8375,
  title  = {BCS-like superconductivity in the noncentrosymmetric compounds Nb$_x$Re$_{1-x}$},
  author = {J. Chen and L. Jiao and J. L. Zhang and Y. Chen and L. Yang and M. Nicklas and F. Steglich and H. Q. Yuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.8375},
  year   = {2013}
}

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6 pages, 6 figures