Anisotropic superconducting gap in transuranium superconductor PuRhGa 5: Ga NQR study on a single crystal

Hironori Sakai; Yo Tokunaga; Tatsuya Fujimoto; Shinsaku Kambe; Russell E. Walstedt; Hiroshi Yasuoka; Dai Aoki; Yoshiya Homma; Etsuji Yamamoto; Akio Nakamura; Yoshinobu Shiokawa; Kunihisa Nakajima; Yasuo Arai; Tatsuma D. Matsuda; Yoshinori Haga; Yoshichika Onuki

doi:10.1143/JPSJ.74.1710

Anisotropic superconducting gap in transuranium superconductor PuRhGa ₅: Ga NQR study on a single crystal

Hironori Sakai, Yo Tokunaga, Tatsuya Fujimoto, Shinsaku Kambe, Russell E. Walstedt, Hiroshi Yasuoka, Dai Aoki, Yoshiya Homma, Etsuji Yamamoto, Akio Nakamura, Yoshinobu Shiokawa, Kunihisa Nakajima, Yasuo Arai, Tatsuma D. Matsuda, Yoshinori Haga, Yoshichika Onuki

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^69,71Ga NMR/NQR studies have been performed on a single crystal of the transuranium superconductor PuRhGa₅ with T_c ≃ 9 K. We have observed a ⁶⁹Ga NQR line at ≃ 29.15 MHz, and assigned it to the 4i Ga site using the NMR results. The ⁶⁹Ga NQR spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T₁ shows no coherence peak just below T_c, but obeys T³ behavior below T_c. This result strongly suggests that PuRhGa₅ is an unconventional superconductor having an anisotropic superconducting gap. The gap amplitude 2Δ₀(T → 0) ≃ 5k_BT_c and the residual density of states N_res(T = 0)/N₀(T = T _c) ≃ 0.25 have been determined assuming a simple polar function of the form Δ(θ, φ) = A₀ cos θ where θ and φ are angular parameters on the Fermi surface.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1710-1713
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Volume	74
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.74.1710
Publication status	Published - 2005 Jun

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Ga NQR
PuRhGa
Superconductivity

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Sakai, H., Tokunaga, Y., Fujimoto, T., Kambe, S., Walstedt, R. E., Yasuoka, H., Aoki, D., Homma, Y., Yamamoto, E., Nakamura, A., Shiokawa, Y., Nakajima, K., Arai, Y., Matsuda, T. D., Haga, Y., & Onuki, Y. (2005). Anisotropic superconducting gap in transuranium superconductor PuRhGa ₅: Ga NQR study on a single crystal. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 74(6), 1710-1713. https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.74.1710

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Sakai, H, Tokunaga, Y, Fujimoto, T, Kambe, S, Walstedt, RE, Yasuoka, H, Aoki, D , Homma, Y, Yamamoto, E, Nakamura, A, Shiokawa, Y, Nakajima, K, Arai, Y, Matsuda, TD, Haga, Y & Onuki, Y 2005, 'Anisotropic superconducting gap in transuranium superconductor PuRhGa ₅: Ga NQR study on a single crystal', Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, vol. 74, no. 6, pp. 1710-1713. https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.74.1710

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Anisotropic superconducting gap in transuranium superconductor PuRhGa ₅: Ga NQR study on a single crystal

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