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Experimental consequences of $p_z$-wave spin triplet superconductivity in A$_2$Cr$_3$As$_3$

Superconductivity 2015-08-04 v2

Abstract

The experimental observable properties of the triplet pzp_z-wave pairing state, proposed by Wu {\em et al.} [arXiv:1503.06707] in quasi-one dimensional A2_2Cr3_3As3_3 materials, are theoretically investigated. This pairing state is characterized by the line nodes on the kz=0k_z=0 plane on the Fermi surfaces. Based on the three-band tight binding model, we obtain the specific heat, superfluid density, Knight shift and spin relaxation rate and find that all these properties at low temperature (TTcT\ll T_c) show powerlaw behaviors and are consistent available experiments. Particularly, the superfluid density determined by the pzp_z-wave pairing state in this quasi-one dimensional system is anisotropic: the in-plane superfluid density varies as ΔρT\Delta\rho_{\parallel}\sim T but the out-plane one varies as ΔρT3\Delta\rho_{\perp}\sim T^3 at low temperature. The anisotropic upper critical field reported in experiment is consistent with the Sz=0S_z=0 (i.e., (+)(\uparrow\downarrow+\downarrow\uparrow)) pzp_z-wave pairing state. We also suggest the phase-sensitive dc-SQUID measurements to pin down the triplet pzp_z-wave pairing state.

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@article{arxiv.1507.07451,
  title  = {Experimental consequences of $p_z$-wave spin triplet superconductivity in A$_2$Cr$_3$As$_3$},
  author = {Xianxin Wu and Fan Yang and Shengshan Qin and Heng Fan and Jiangping Hu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.07451},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

5 pages, 5 figures, + supplemental materials, Fig.3 is updated