The organic materials (TMTSF)2X are unique unconventional superconductors with archetypal quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) electronic structures. Here, based on our comprehensive field-angle-resolved calorimetry of (TMTSF)2ClO4, we succeeded in mapping the nodal gap structure for the first time in Q1D systems, by discriminating between the Fermi wavevectors and Fermi velocities. In addition, the thermodynamic phase diagrams of (TMTSF)2ClO4 for all principal field directions are obtained. These findings, providing strong evidence of nodal spin-singlet superconductivity, serves as solid bases for further elucidation of anomalous superconducting phenomena in (TMTSF)2X.
@article{arxiv.1112.5974,
title = {Nodal Superconducting Order Parameter and Thermodynamic Phase Diagram of (TMTSF)2ClO4},
author = {Shingo Yonezawa and Yoshiteru Maeno and Klaus Bechgaard and Denis Jerome},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.5974},
year = {2012}
}
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7 pages, 7 figures, including Supplemental Information added at the end of the manuscript