Exotic Superconducting Properties in the Electron-Hole-Compensated <?format ?>Heavy-Fermion “Semimetal”

Y Kasahara, T Iwasawa, H Shishido, T Shibauchi… - Physical review …, 2007 - APS
Y Kasahara, T Iwasawa, H Shishido, T Shibauchi, K Behnia, Y Haga, TD Matsuda, Y Onuki…
Physical review letters, 2007APS
We show that the charge and thermal transport measurements on ultraclean crystals of URu
2 Si 2 reveal a number of unprecedented superconducting properties. The uniqueness is
best highlighted by the peculiar field dependence of thermal conductivity including the first-
order transition at H c 2 with a reduction of entropy flow. This is a consequence of multiband
superconductivity with compensated electronic structure in the hidden order state of this
system. We provide strong evidence for a new type of unconventional superconductivity with …
We show that the charge and thermal transport measurements on ultraclean crystals of reveal a number of unprecedented superconducting properties. The uniqueness is best highlighted by the peculiar field dependence of thermal conductivity including the first-order transition at with a reduction of entropy flow. This is a consequence of multiband superconductivity with compensated electronic structure in the hidden order state of this system. We provide strong evidence for a new type of unconventional superconductivity with two distinct gaps having different nodal topology.
American Physical Society