Angular dependence of the nonlinear transverse magnetic moment of YBa2Cu3O6.95 in the Meissner state

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Bhattacharya, A [1 ]
Zutic, I
Valls, OT
Goldman, AM
Welp, U
Veal, B
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[1] Univ Minnesota, Sch Phys & Astron, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[2] Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.3132
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The angular dependence of the nonlinear transverse magnetic moment of untwinned high-quality single crystals of YBa2Cu3O6.95 has been studied at a temperature of 2.5 K using a low frequency ac technique. The absence of any signature at angular period 2 pi/4 is analyzed in light of the numerical predictions of such a signal for a pure d(x)2(-y)2 order parameter with line nodes. Implications of this null result for the existence of a nonzero gap at all angles on the Fermi surface are discussed.
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