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Strong nodeless pairing on separate electron Fermi surface sheets in (Tl, K)Fe$_{1.78}$Se$_2$ probed by ARPES

Superconductivity 2011-02-23 v1

Abstract

We performed a high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study of the Tl0.63_{0.63}K0.37_{0.37}Fe1.78_{1.78}Se2_2 superconductor (Tc=29T_c=29 K). We show the existence of two electronlike bands at the M(π,0)(\pi, 0) point which cross the Fermi level at similar Fermi wave vectors to form nearly circular electronlike Fermi surface pockets. We observe a nearly isotropic \sim 8.5 meV superconducting gap (Δ/kBTc7\Delta/k_BT_c\sim 7) on these Fermi surfaces. Our analysis of the band structure around the Brillouin zone centre reveals two additional electronlike Fermi surfaces: a very small one and a larger one with kFk_F comparable to the FS pockets at M. Interestingly, a SC gap with a magnitude of \sim 8 meV also develops along the latter FS. Our observations are consistent with the s-wave strong coupling scenario.

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@article{arxiv.1101.4923,
  title  = {Strong nodeless pairing on separate electron Fermi surface sheets in (Tl, K)Fe$_{1.78}$Se$_2$ probed by ARPES},
  author = {X. -P. Wang and T. Qian and P. Richard and P. Zhang and J. Dong and H. -D. Wang and C. -H. Dong and M. -H. Fang and H. Ding},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.4923},
  year   = {2011}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures