Neutron scattering is used to probe antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations in the d-wave heavy fermion superconductor CeCoIn5 (Tc=2.3 K). Superconductivity develops from a state with slow (ℏΓ=0.3 ± 0.15 meV) commensurate (Q0=(1/2,1/2,1/2)) antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations and nearly isotropic spin correlations. The characteristic wavevector in CeCoIn5 is the same as CeIn3 but differs from the incommensurate wavevector measured in antiferromagnetically ordered CeRhIn5. A sharp spin resonance (ℏΓ<0.07 meV) at ℏω = 0.60 ± 0.03 meV develops in the superconducting state removing spectral weight from low-energy transfers. The presence of a resonance peak is indicative of strong coupling between f-electron magnetism and superconductivity and consistent with a d-wave gap order parameter satisfying Δ(q+Q0)=−Δ(q).
@article{arxiv.0712.0172,
title = {Spin resonance in the d-wave superconductor CeCoIn5},
author = {C. Stock and C. Broholm and J. Hudis and H. J. Kang and C. Petrovic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.0172},
year = {2009}
}
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(5 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. Lett.)