Exotic superconducting properties in the electron-hole-compensated heavy-fermion "semimetal" URu2Si2

  • Y. Kasahara
  • , T. Iwasawa
  • , H. Shishido
  • , T. Shibauchi
  • , K. Behnia
  • , Y. Haga
  • , T. D. Matsuda
  • , Y. Onuki
  • , M. Sigrist
  • , Y. Matsuda

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Abstract

We show that the charge and thermal transport measurements on ultraclean crystals of URu2Si2 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 Hc2 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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number116402
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume99
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Sept 2007

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