NMR and NQR studies of the heavy fermion superconductors CeTIn5(T=Co and Ir)

Y. Kohori, Y. Yamato, Y. Iwamoto, T. Kohara, E. D. Bauer, M. B. Maple, and J. L. Sarrao
Phys. Rev. B 64, 134526 – Published 13 September 2001
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Abstract

We have carried out 115In and 59Co nuclear quadrupole resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance measurements on CeCoIn5 and CeIrIn5. The temperature T dependence of the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T1 of 115In in the normal state indicates that CeCoIn5 is located just at an antiferromagnetic instability, and CeIrIn5 is in the nearly antiferromagnetic region. In the superconducting state, 1/T1 has no Hebel-Slichter coherence peak just below TC and a power-law T dependence (close to T3) at very low temperatures, which indicates the existence of line nodes in the superconducting energy gap. The 115In (Ce-In plane) Knight shift in CeCoIn5 decreases for both parallel and perpendicular directions to the tetragonal c axis in the superconducting state, which shows that the spin susceptibility decreases in all directions. These results indicate that CeCoIn5 and CeIrIn5 exhibit non-s-wave even parity (probably d-wave) superconductivity.

  • Received 8 November 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.134526

©2001 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Y. Kohori, Y. Yamato, Y. Iwamoto, and T. Kohara

  • Department of Material Science, Faculty of Science, Himeji Institute of Technology, Kamigori-cho Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan

E. D. Bauer and M. B. Maple

  • Department of Physics and Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093

J. L. Sarrao

  • Condensed Matter and Thermal Physics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

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Vol. 64, Iss. 13 — 1 October 2001

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