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Temperature dependence of surface superconductivity in t-PtBi$_2$

Superconductivity 2025-07-15 v1

Abstract

The Weyl semimetal trigonal PtBi2_2 has recently been identified as a promising candidate material for intrinsic topological surface superconductivity emerging from the Fermi arc states of the material with a sizeable superconducting gap. We report the temperature evolution of the superconducting excitation spectrum using scanning tunneling spectroscopy in the range of 8458-45\,K. A large low-temperature gap in the order of Δ9\Delta \approx 9\,meV and a closing of the gap around Tc45T_c \approx 45\,K is observed. Thus, our results confirm the previously indicated high TcT_c-like superconductivity in t-PtBi2_2.

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@article{arxiv.2507.10187,
  title  = {Temperature dependence of surface superconductivity in t-PtBi$_2$},
  author = {Julia Besproswanny and Sebastian Schimmel and Yanina Fasano and Grigory Shipunov and Saicharan Aswartham and Danny Baumann and Bernd Büchner and Christian Hess},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.10187},
  year   = {2025}
}