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American Physical Society, Physical Review Letters, 24(91), 2003

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.247003

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Probing the Superconducting Gap Symmetry ofPrOs4Sb12: A Penetration Depth Study

Journal article published in 2003 by Elbert E. M. Chia ORCID, M. B. Salamon, H. Sugawara, H. Sato
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Abstract

We report measurements of the magnetic penetration depth lambda in single crystals of PrOs4Sb12 down to 0.1 K, with the ac field applied along the a, b, and c directions. In all three field orientations, lambda approximately T2 and superfluid density rho(s) approximately T2 for T<0.3T(c). Data are best fit by the 3He A-phase-like gap with multidomains, each having two point nodes along a cube axis, and parameter Delta(0)(0)/k(B)T(c)=2.6, suggesting that PrOs4Sb12 is a strong-coupling superconductor with two point nodes on the Fermi surface. We also confirm the double transitions at 1.75 and 1.85 K seen in other measurements.