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s-Wave superconductivity in non-centrosymmetric Re_3W probed by magnetic penetration depth

Superconductivity 2007-07-16 v1

Abstract

We report measurements of the temperature dependence of the magnetic penetration depth \lambda(T) in non-centrosymmetric superconductor Re_3W. We employed two experimental techniques: extraction of \lambda(T) from magnetic {\em dc}-susceptibility, measured on a powder sample, and the rf tunnel diode resonator technique, where a bulk polycrystalline sample was used. The results of both techniques agree: the temperature dependence of the penetration depth can be well described by weak-coupling, dirty-limit, s-wave BCS theory where we obtain Δ(0)/kBTC=1.76\Delta(0)/k_BT_C=1.76. No evidence for unconventional pairing resulting from the absence of the inversion symmetry is found.

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@article{arxiv.0707.1905,
  title  = {s-Wave superconductivity in non-centrosymmetric Re_3W probed by magnetic penetration depth},
  author = {Y. L. Zuev and V. A. Kuznetsova and R. Prozorov and M. D. Vannette and M. V. Lobanov and D. K. Christen and J. R. Thompson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.1905},
  year   = {2007}
}

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