Gap Structure of the Overdoped Iron-Pnictide Superconductor Ba(Fe0.942Ni0.058)2As2: A Low-Temperature Specific-Heat Study

Low-temperature specific heat (SH) is measured on the postannealed Ba(Fe1−xNix)2As2 single crystal with x = 0.058 under different magnetic fields. The sample locates on the overdoped sides and the critical transition temperature Tc is determined to be 14.8 K by both the magnetization and SH measurem...

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Main Authors: Gang Mu, Bo Gao, Xiaoming Xie, Yoichi Tanabe, Jingtao Xu, Jiazhen Wu, Katsumi Tanigaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/419017
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Summary:Low-temperature specific heat (SH) is measured on the postannealed Ba(Fe1−xNix)2As2 single crystal with x = 0.058 under different magnetic fields. The sample locates on the overdoped sides and the critical transition temperature Tc is determined to be 14.8 K by both the magnetization and SH measurements. A simple and reliable analysis shows that, besides the phonon and normal electronic contributions, a clear T2 term emerges in the low temperature SH data. Our observation is similar to that observed in the Co-doped system in our previous work and is consistent with the theoretical prediction for a superconductor with line nodes in the energy gap.
ISSN:1687-8108
1687-8124