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We have investigated the superconducting state of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor Re6Ti (Tc = 6.0 K) using muon-spin rotation/relaxation (muSR) technique. The zero-field muon experiment shows the presence of spontaneous magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-03-21 D. Singh , K. P. Sajilesh , J. A. T. Barker , D. McK. Paul , A. D. Hillier , R. P. Singh

We investigated the superconducting properties of the topological superconductor $\alpha$--PdBi$_2$ at ambient and external pressures up to 1.77~GPa using muon spin rotation ($\mu$SR) experiments. The ambient pressure measurements evince a…

Noncentrosymmetric superconductors can lead to a variety of exotic properties in the superconducting state such as line nodes, multigap behavior, and time-reversal symmetry breaking. In this paper, we report the properties of the new…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-08 D. Singh , Sajilesh K. P , Sourav Marik , P. K. Biswas , A. D. Hillier , R. P. Singh

The noncentrosymmetric superconductor Mo$_3$Rh$_2$N, with $T_c = 4.6$ K, adopts a $\beta$-Mn-type structure (space group $P$4$_1$32), similar to that of Mo$_3$Al$_2$C. Its bulk superconductivity was characterized by magnetization and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-11-20 T. Shang , Wesen Wei , C. Baines , J. L. Zhang , H. F. Du , M. Medarde , M. Shi , J. Mesot , T. Shiroka

Among the family of odd-parity topological superconductors derived from $\mathrm{Bi}_{2}\mathrm{Se}_{3}$, $\mathrm{Cu}_{x}(\mathrm{PbSe})_{5}(\mathrm{Bi}_{2}\mathrm{Se}_{3})_{6}$ (CPSBS) has been elucidated to have gap nodes. Although the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-04-15 Mahasweta Bagchi , Jens Brede , Aline Ramires , Yoichi Ando

We investigate the superconducting properties of Sc$_{5}$Co$_{4}$Si$_{10}$ using low-temperature resistivity, magnetization, heat capacity, and muon-spin rotation and relaxation ($\mu$SR) measurements. We find that Sc$_{5}$Co$_{4}$Si$_{10}$…

Low-temperature thermal conductivity measurements were performed on single crystal of PbTaSe$_2$, a noncentrosymmetric superconductor with topological bulk nodal lines in the electronic band structure. It is found that the residual linear…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-10-16 M. X. Wang , Y. Xu , L. P. He , J. Zhang , X. C. Hong , P. L. Cai , Z. B. Wang , J. K. Dong , S. Y. Li

We report the magnetic and superconducting properties of locally noncentrosymmetric SrPtAs obtained by muon-spin-rotation/relaxation (muSR) measurements. Zero-field muSR reveals the occurrence of small spontaneous static magnetic fields…

We have studied the superconducting properties of the isostructural ternary noncentrosymmetric superconductors TaXSi (X = Re, Ru) with the help of muon spin rotation/relaxation ($\mu$SR) and density functional theory calculations. Our…

A detailed zero-field and transverse-field muon spin relaxation/rotation ($\mu$SR) experiemnts have been carried out on the recently discovered non-centrosymmetric superconductor W$_3$Al$_2$C to speculate about its superconducting ground…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-05-26 R. Gupta , T. P. Ying , Y. P. Qi , H. Hosono , R. Khasanov

Spontaneous symmetry breaking has been a paradigm to describe the phase transitions in condensed matter physics. In addition to the continuous electromagnetic gauge symmetry, an unconventional superconductor can break discrete symmetries…

We present a comprehensive study on superconducting properties of Re$_7$B$_3$ and Re$_3$B through specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, resistivity, and transverse and zero-field muon spin rotation/relaxation ($\mu$SR) experiments on…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-08-19 S. Sharma , Arushi , K. Motla , J. Beare , M. Nugent , M. Pula , T. J. Munsie , A. D. Hillier , R. P. Singh , G. M. Luke

We report muon spin relaxation and rotation ($\mu$SR) measurements on hydrothermally-grown single crystals of the tetragonal superconductor~FeS, which help to clarify the controversial magnetic state and superconducting gap symmetry of this…

Quasi-one-dimensional electron systems display intrinsic instability towards long-range ordered phases at sufficiently low temperatures. The superconducting orders are of particular interest as they can possess either singlet or triplet…

We report a comprehensive study of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor Mo$_3$P. Its bulk superconductivity, with $T_c = 5.5$ K, was characterized via electrical resistivity, magnetization, and heat-capacity measurements, while its…

The superconducting gap structure of a topological crystalline insulator (TCI) candidate ZrRuAs ($T^{\rm on}_{\rm c}$ = 7.9(1) K) with a noncentrosymmetric crystal structure has been investigated using muon spin rotation/relaxation…

Muon spin rotation/relaxation ($\mu$SR) and polar Kerr effect measurements provide evidence for a time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) superconducting state in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$. However, the absence of a cusp in the superconducting…

We report on muon spin relaxation measurements of the 4f^2-based heavy-fermion superconductor filled-skutterudite PrOs4Sb12. The results reveal the spontaneous appearance of static internal magnetic fields below the superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 Y. Aoki , A. Tsuchiya , T. Kanayama , S. R. Saha , H. Sugawara , H. Sato , W. Higemoto , A. Koda , K. Ohishi , K. Nishiyama , R. Kadono

Recently the superconductor and topological semimetal PbTaSe$_2$ was experimentally found to exhibit surface-only lattice rotational symmetry breaking below $T_c$. We exploit the Ginzburg-Landau free energy and propose a microscopic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-05-29 Hui-Ke Jin , Dong-Hui Xu , Yi Zhou

The superconducting properties of CaTSi3 (where T = Pt and Ir) have been investigated using muon spectroscopy. Our muon-spin relaxation results suggest that in both these superconductors time-reversal symmetry is preserved, while muon-spin…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-09-10 R. P. Singh , A. D. Hillier , D. Chowdhury , J. A. T. Barker , D. McK. Paul , M. R. Lees , G. Balakrishnan