TY - JOUR
T1 - Pressure dependence of the superconducting transition and electron correlations in Nax Co O2·1.3 H2 O
AU - Kusano, E.
AU - Kawasaki, S.
AU - Matano, K.
AU - Zheng, Guo Qing
AU - Meng, R. L.
AU - Cmaidalka, J.
AU - Chu, C. W.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/9/19
Y1 - 2007/9/19
N2 - We report Tc and Co59 nuclear quadrupole resonance measurements on the cobalt oxide superconductor Nax Co O2·1.3 H2 O (Tc =4.8 K) under hydrostatic pressure (P) up to 2.36 GPa. Tc decreases with increasing pressure at an average rate of -0.49±0.09 K/GPa. At low pressures P≤0.49 GPa, the decrease of Tc is accompanied by a weakening of the spin correlations at a finite wave vector and a reduction of the density of states (DOS) at the Fermi level. At high pressures above 1.93 GPa, however, the decrease of Tc is mainly due to a reduction of the DOS. These results indicate that the electronic and magnetic state of Co is primarily responsible for the superconductivity. The spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T1 at P=0.49 GPa shows a T3 variation below Tc down to T∼0.12 Tc, which provides compelling evidence for the presence of line nodes in the superconducting gap function.
AB - We report Tc and Co59 nuclear quadrupole resonance measurements on the cobalt oxide superconductor Nax Co O2·1.3 H2 O (Tc =4.8 K) under hydrostatic pressure (P) up to 2.36 GPa. Tc decreases with increasing pressure at an average rate of -0.49±0.09 K/GPa. At low pressures P≤0.49 GPa, the decrease of Tc is accompanied by a weakening of the spin correlations at a finite wave vector and a reduction of the density of states (DOS) at the Fermi level. At high pressures above 1.93 GPa, however, the decrease of Tc is mainly due to a reduction of the DOS. These results indicate that the electronic and magnetic state of Co is primarily responsible for the superconductivity. The spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T1 at P=0.49 GPa shows a T3 variation below Tc down to T∼0.12 Tc, which provides compelling evidence for the presence of line nodes in the superconducting gap function.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.100506
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.100506
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34648843562
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 76
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 10
M1 - 100506
ER -