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Unconventional superconductors are most frequently identified by the observation of power-law behaviour on low-temperature thermodynamic or transport properties, such as specific heat. Here we show that, in addition to the usual point and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-12-16 B. Mazidian , J. Quintanilla , A. D. Hillier , J. F. Annett

We investigate the intrinsic anomalous thermal Hall effect as an effective probe of the order parameters of non-unitary pairing states of the putative spin-triplet superconductor UTe$_2$. We consider all symmetry-allowed non-unitary states…

In a superconductor that lacks inversion symmetry, the spatial part of the Cooper pair wave function has a reduced symmetry, allowing for the mixing of spin-singlet and spin-triplet Cooper pairing channels and thus providing a pathway to a…

Motivated by the recent discovery of superconductivity in UTe$_2$, we analyze the stability and nodal structure of various triplet superconducting order parameters. Using a combination of symmetry group-theoretical analysis,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-30 Andriy H. Nevidomskyy

Noncentrosymmetric superconductors with $\alpha$-manganese structure has attracted much attention recently, after the discovery of time-reversal symmetry breaking in all the members of Re$_{6}$X (X = Ti, Hf, Zr) family. Similar to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-01-18 D. Singh , Sajilesh K. P. , Sourav Marik , A. D. Hillier , R. P. Singh

Using the renormalization group method, new type of fluctuation-driven first order phase transitions and critical phenomena are predicted for certain classes of ferromagnetic superconductors and superfluids with unconventional…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-08-08 Dimo I. Uzunov

The noncentrosymmetric Half Heusler compound YPtBi exhibits superconductivity below a critical temperature T_c = 0.77 K with a zero-temperature upper critical field H_c2(0) = 1.5 T. Magnetoresistance and Hall measurements support…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-12-22 Nicholas P. Butch , P. Syers , Kevin Kirshenbaum , Andrew P. Hope , Johnpierre Paglione

Superconductivity in materials whose crystal structure lacks inversion symmetry is a prime candidate for unconventional superconductivity. A new noncentrosymmetric compound Zr$_{3}$Ir crystallizes in a tetragonal $ \alpha $-V$_{3} $S…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-10-08 Sajilesh. K. P. , D. Singh , P. K. Biswas , Gavin B. G. Stenning , A. D. Hillier , R. P. Singh

We show that the charge and thermal transport measurements on ultraclean crystals of URu2Si2 reveal a number of unprecedented superconducting properties. The uniqueness is best highlighted by the peculiar field dependence of thermal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. Kasahara , T. Iwasawa , H. Shishido , T. Shibauchi , K. Behnia , Y. Haga , T. D. Matsuda , Y. Onuki , M. Sigrist , Y. Matsuda

We report that a novel type of superconducting order parameter has been realized in the ferromagnetic states in UGe$_2$ via $^{73}$Ge nuclear-quadrupole-resonance (NQR) experiments performed under pressure ($P$). Measurements of the nuclear…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Harada , S. Kawasaki , H. Mukuda , Y. Kitaoka , Y. Haga , E. Yamamoto , Y. Onuki , K. M. Itoh , E. E. Haller , H. Harima

The normal-state out of which unconventional superconductivity in UTe$_2$ emerges is studied in detail using a variety of thermodynamic and transport probes. Clear evidence for a broad Schottky-like anomaly with roughly R ln 2 entropy…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-11-17 Kristin Willa , Frédéric Hardy , Dai Aoki , Dexin Li , Paul Wiecki , Gérard Lapertot , Christoph Meingast

Spin excitations are one of the top candidates for mediating electron pairing in unconventional superconductors. Their coupling to superconductivity is evident in a large number of systems, by the observation of an abrupt redistribution of…

Experiment and theory indicate that UPt3 is a topological superconductor in an odd-parity state, based in part from temperature independence of the NMR Knight shift. However, quasiparticle spin-flip scattering near a surface, where the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-07-19 W. J. Gannon , W. P. Halperin , M. R. Eskildsen , Pengcheng Dai , U. B. Hansen , K. Lefmann , A. Stunault

Polar metals and noncentrosymmetric superconductors are exceptionally rare, yet their broken inversion symmetry can give rise to emergent electronic phenomena including mixed singlet-triplet superconducting pairing. As only a few such…

The characteristics of Fe-based superconductors are manifested in their electronic, magnetic properties, and pairing symmetry of the Cooper pair, but the latter remain to be explored. Usually in these materials, superconductivity coexists…

The putative spin-triplet superconductor UTe2 exhibits multiple superconducting phases under applied pressure [D. Braithwaite et al., Commun. Phys. 2, 147 (2019)]. The clarification of pairing mechanisms and symmetries of gap functions are…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-02-26 Jushin Tei , Takeshi Mizushima , Satoshi Fujimoto

Time reversal and spatial inversion are two key symmetries for conventional Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) superconductivity. Breaking inversion symmetry can lead to mixed-parity Cooper pairing and unconventional superconducting…

We study the phase diagram of spin-triplet superconductors, considering the effect of the external magnetic field on the electrons' spins. For a given symmetry of the order parameter and a generic orientation of the field, we find that the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-03-27 Thomas Bernat , Julia S. Meyer , Manuel Houzet

The heavy fermion metamagnet uranium ditelluride possesses two distinct magnetic field--induced superconducting states. One of these superconductive phases resides at magnetic fields immediately below a first-order metamagnetic transition…

The existence of multiple superconducting phases induced by either pressure or magnetic field is one of the most striking features of superconductivity of UTe$_2$, among the many unusual superconducting properties of this system. Here we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-24 T. Vasina , D. Aoki , A. Miyake , G. Seyfarth , A. Pourret , C. Marcenat , M. Amano Patino , G. Lapertot , J. Flouquet , J. -P. Brison , D. Braithwaite , G. Knebel