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Coexistence of isotropic and extended s-wave order parameters in FeSe as revealed by low-temperature specific heat

J.-Y. Lin, Y. S. Hsieh, D. A. Chareev, A. N. Vasiliev, Y. Parsons, and H. D. Yang
Phys. Rev. B 84, 220507(R) – Published 27 December 2011

Abstract

The comprehensive low-temperature specific-heat C(T) data identify both an isotropic s-wave and extended s-wave order parameters coexisting in a superconducting single-crystal FeSe with Tc = 8.11 K. The isotropic gap Δ0 = 1.33 meV on the hole Fermi sheets and the extended s-wave gap Δ = Δe(1+αcos2ϕ) with Δe = 1.13 meV and α = 0.78 on the electron Fermi sheets. The extended s wave is rather anisotropic, but the low-energy quasiparticle excitations demonstrate no sign of the accidental nodes. The coefficient γ(H) manifesting the quasiparticle contribution to C is a nonlinear function of the applied magnetic field H in the mixed state in accord with the anisotropic multiorder parameters.

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  • Received 8 September 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.220507

©2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J.-Y. Lin1, Y. S. Hsieh1, D. A. Chareev2, A. N. Vasiliev3, Y. Parsons4, and H. D. Yang5

  • 1Institute of Physics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
  • 2Institute of Experimental Mineralogy, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia
  • 3Department of Low Temperature Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
  • 4Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
  • 5Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan

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Vol. 84, Iss. 22 — 1 December 2011

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