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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
卷 121, 期 25, 页码 -出版社
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.257002
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11874320, 11474251]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFA0303100, 2016YFA0300202]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Schweizerische Nationalfonds zur Forderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung [20021-169455, 206021-139082]
- EPSRC UK [EP/M028771/1]
- STFC
- EPSRC through the project Unconventional Superconductors: New paradigms for new materials [EP/P00749X/1]
- EPSRC [EP/M028771/1, EP/P00749X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
To trace the origin of time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) in Re-based superconductors, we performed comparative muon-spin rotation and relaxation (mu SR) studies of superconducting noncentrosymmetric Re0.82Nb0.18 (T-c = 8.8 K) and centrosymmetric Re (T-c = 2.7 K). In Re0.82Nb0.18, the low-temperature superfluid density and the electronic specific heat evidence a fully gapped superconducting state, whose enhanced gap magnitude and specific-heat discontinuity suggest a moderately strong electronphonon coupling. In both Re0.82Nb0.18 and pure Re, the spontaneous magnetic fields revealed by zero-field mu SR below Tc indicate time-reversal symmetry breaking and thus unconventional superconductivity. The concomitant occurrence of TRSB in centrosymmetric Re and noncentrosymmetric ReT (T = transition metal), yet its preservation in the isostructural noncentrosymmetric superconductors Mg10Ir19B16 and Nb0.5Os0.5, strongly suggests that the local electronic structure of Re is crucial for understanding the TRSB superconducting state in Re and ReT. We discuss the superconducting order parameter symmetries that are compatible with the experimental observations.
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