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Ir d-band Derived Superconductivity in the Lanthanum-Iridium System LaIr3

Superconductivity 2017-11-08 v2

Abstract

The electronic properties of the heavy metal superconductor LaIr3 are reported. The estimated superconducting parameters obtained from physical properties measurements indicate that LaIr3 is a BCS-type superconductor. Electronic band structure calculations show that Ir d- states dominate the Fermi level. A comparison of electronic band structures of LaIr3 and LaRh3 shows that the Ir-compound has a strong spin-orbit-coupling effect, which creates a complex Fermi surface.

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@article{arxiv.1706.06885,
  title  = {Ir d-band Derived Superconductivity in the Lanthanum-Iridium System LaIr3},
  author = {Neel Haldolaarachchige and Leslie Schoop and Mojammel A. Khan and Wenxuan Huang and Huiwen Ji and Kalani Hettiarachchilage and David P. Young},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.06885},
  year   = {2017}
}

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6 pages and 5 figures