Small T$^{-1}_{1}$ peak near T$_{c}$ in unconventional BCS superconductors
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Abstract
It is usually believed that a coherence peak just below T$_{c}$ in the nuclear spin lattice relaxation rate T$_{1}^{-1}$ in superconducting materials is a signature of conventional s-wave pairing. We demonstrate that {\bf any} unconventional superconductor obeying BCS pure-case weak-coupling theory should show a small T$_{1}^{-1}$ coherence peak near T$_{c}$ ,generally with a height between 3 and 15 percent greater than the value at T$_{c}$. It is due to impurity scattering, magnetic effects, gap anisotropy and other effects that this peak has not been commonly observed.
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Authors
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David Parker
MPIPKS
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Stephan Haas
University of Southern California, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0484, USC Dept. of Physics and Astronomy