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Penetration Depth Measurements in MgB_2: Evidence for Unconventional Superconductivity

Superconductivity 2009-11-07 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We have measured the magnetic penetration depth of the recently discovered binary superconductor MgB_2 using muon spin rotation and low field acac-susceptibility. From the damping of the muon precession signal we find the penetration depth at zero temperature is about 85nm. The low temperature penetration depth shows a quadratic temperature dependence, indicating the presence of nodes in the superconducting energy gap.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0103060,
  title  = {Penetration Depth Measurements in MgB_2: Evidence for Unconventional Superconductivity},
  author = {C. Panagopoulos and B. D. Rainford and T. Xiang and C. A. Scott and M. Kambara and I. H. Inoue},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0103060},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages 3 figures