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abstract

  • We present muon spin rotation ($\mu$SR) measurements on the noncentrosymmetric superconductor PbTaSe$_2$. From measurements in an applied transverse field between $H_{c1}$ and $H_{c2}$, we extract the superfluid density as a function of temperature in the vortex state. This data can be fit with a fully gapped two-band model, consistent with previous evidence from ARPES, thermal conductivity, and resistivity. Furthermore, zero field measurements show no evidence for a time reversal symmetry breaking field greater than 0.05~G in the superconducting state. This makes exotic fully gapped spin-triplet states unlikely, and hence we contend that PbTaSe$_2$ is characterized by conventional BCS s-wave superconductivity in multiple bands.

authors

  • Wilson, MN
  • Hallas, AM
  • Cai, Y
  • Guo, S
  • Gong, Z
  • Sankar, R
  • Chou, FC
  • Uemura, YJ
  • Luke, Graeme

publication date

  • June 8, 2017