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Muon spin relaxation study of the layered kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5

Shan, Zhaoyang, Biswas, Pabitra K., Ghosh, Sudeep Kumar, Tula, Tymoteusz, Hillier, Adrian D., Adroja, Devashibhai, Cottrell, Stephen, Cao, Guang-Han, Liu, Yi, Xu, Xiaofeng, and others. (2022) Muon spin relaxation study of the layered kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5. Physical Review Research, 4 (3). Article Number 033145. E-ISSN 2643-1564. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.033145) (KAR id:107460)

Abstract

The Z2 topological metals RV3Sb5 (R = K, Rb, Cs) with a layered kagome structure provide a unique opportunity to investigate the interplay between charge order, superconductivity, and topology. Here, we report muon-spin relaxation/rotation (μSR) measurements performed on CsV3Sb5 across a broad temperature range, in order to uncover the nature of the charge density wave order and superconductivity in this material. From zero-field μSR, we find that spontaneous magnetic fields appear below 50 K, which is well below the charge density wave transition (T ∗ ∼ 93 K). We show that these spontaneous fields are dynamic in nature making it difficult to associate them with a hidden static order. The superconducting state of CsV3Sb5 is found to preserve time-reversal symmetry, and the transverse-field μSR results are consistent with a superconducting state that has two fully open gaps.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.033145
Uncontrolled keywords: charge density waves; superconducting gap; superfluid density
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China (https://ror.org/01h0zpd94)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (https://ror.org/057g20z61)
Depositing User: Tymoteusz Tula
Date Deposited: 07 Oct 2024 13:50 UTC
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 13:13 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/107460 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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