Ir-based d-band derived superconductivity in RIr3 (R= Ce, La)

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Very recently Sato et al., JPSJ 2018 have investigated superconductivity in the single crystals of CeIr3 (Tc = 3.4 K, which is highest among Ce compounds), which shows a weak coupling BCS regime. Further LaIr3 having no 4f-electron also exhibits superconductivity with Tc = 3.3 K, so it is an open question what is the role of 4f-electron in CeIr3? Electronic band structure calculations of LaIr3 show that Ir d-states dominate the Fermi level indicating presence of strong spin–orbit-coupling with a complex Fermi surface. In this proposal, we want to perform the muon spin rotation study to investigate the pairing mechanism, time reversal symmetry and spin-fluctuations in CeIr3 and LaIr3. As other groups will also measure these interesting materials using their muon facilities, we would like to submit this proposal as a Rapid Access to get a fast publication in the high impact journal.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.98019258
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/98019258
Provenance
Creator Dr Amitava Bhattacharyya; Dr Aidy Hillier; Professor Dai Aoki; Dr Pabitra Biswas; Dr Devashi Adroja
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2021
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Discipline Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-09-13T08:30:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-11-19T09:33:51Z