Local spectroscopic evidence for a nodeless magnetic kagome superconductor CeRu2. (30th November 2022) - Mielke III, C
Abstract: We report muon spin rotation ( µ SR) experiments on the microscopic properties of superconductivity and magnetism in the kagome superconductor CeRu2 with T c ≃ 5 K. From the measurements of the temperature-dependent magnetic penetration depth λ, the superconducting order parameter exhibits nodeless pairing, which fits best to an anisotropic s -wave gap symmetry. We further show that the T c / λ −2 ratio is comparable to that of unconventional superconductors. Furthermore, the powerful combination of zero-field (ZF)- µ SR and high-field µ SR has been used to uncover magnetic responses across three characteristic temperatures, identified as T 1 ∗ ≃ 110 K, T 2 ∗ ≃ 65 K, and T 3 ∗ ≃ 40 K. Our experiments classify CeRu2 as an exceedingly rare nodeless magnetic kagome superconductor.