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Fully gapped superconductivity in centrosymmetric and non-centrosymmetric Re-B compounds probed with $\mu$SR

Superconductivity 2021-08-19 v2

Abstract

We present a comprehensive study on superconducting properties of Re7_7B3_3 and Re3_3B through specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, resistivity, and transverse and zero-field muon spin rotation/relaxation (μ\muSR) experiments on polycrystalline samples. Re7_7B3_3 (TC_C = 3.2~K) is a non-centrosymmetric type-II (κ\kappa \approx 9.27) superconductor in the weak coupling (λeph\lambda_{e-ph} = 0.54) regime. On the other hand, Re3_3B (TC_C = 5.19~K) is a centrosymmetric type-II (κ\kappa \approx 34.55) superconductor in the moderate coupling (λeph\lambda_{e-ph} = 0.64) regime. Our transverse-field μ\muSR measurements show evidence for isotropically gapped BCS type superconductivity with normalized gap (Δ0/kBTC\Delta_0/k_BT_C) values of 1.69 (Re7_7B3_3) and 1.75 (Re3_3B).

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@article{arxiv.2011.13463,
  title  = {Fully gapped superconductivity in centrosymmetric and non-centrosymmetric Re-B compounds probed with $\mu$SR},
  author = {S. Sharma and Arushi and K. Motla and J. Beare and M. Nugent and M. Pula and T. J. Munsie and A. D. Hillier and R. P. Singh and G. M. Luke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.13463},
  year   = {2021}
}

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9 pages, 7 figures