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Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 046401 (2008) [4 pages]

Multigap Superconductivity in the Heavy-Fermion System CeCoIn5

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G. Seyfarth1, J. P. Brison1,2, G. Knebel2, D. Aoki2,3, G. Lapertot2, and J. Flouquet2
1CNRS, Néel Institute, 25 avenue des Martyrs, BP166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
2CEA, INAC, SPSMS, 38054 Grenoble, France
3Tohoku University, Institute for Materials Research, Oarai, Ibaraki 311-1313, Japan

Received 6 March 2008; published 21 July 2008

New thermal conductivity experiments on the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn5 down to 10 mK rule out the suggested existence of unpaired electrons. Moreover, they reveal strong multigap effects with a remarkably low “critical” field Hc2S for the small gap band, showing that the complexity of heavy-fermion band structure has a direct impact on their response under magnetic field.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.046401
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.046401
PACS:
71.27.+a, 74.25.Fy, 74.25.Op, 74.70.Tx