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Single transition PrOs<sub>4</sub>Sb<sub>12</sub> single crystals under strain

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Abstract

The heavy-fermion PrOs4Sb12 exhibits unconventional superconductivity below 1.85K [1]. Earlier work observed two superconducting transitions and found time reversal symmetry breaking [2, 3],- which has long hinted at the presence of multicomponent superconductivity. Here, we demonstrate the extrinsic nature of the PrOs4Sb12 double transition by conducting a series of transport, thermodynamic, and uniaxial strain measurements on single crystals with different degrees of homogeneity. Our results support the presence of single component superconductivity and impose further constraints on the symmetry of the order parameter.

[1] E. D. Bauer et al., Phys. Rev. B 65, 100506 (2002)

[2] Y. Aoki et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 067003 (2003)

[3] E. Levenson-Falk et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 187004 (2018)

Publication: Vianez et al., Single transition PrOs4Sb12 single crystals under strain, in preparation

Presenters

  • Pedro Vianez

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

Authors

  • Pedro Vianez

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Sanu Mishra

    Rice University, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Eric D Bauer

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Sean M Thomas

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Filip Ronning

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)