Superconducting state of Sr2RuO4 under magnetic fields

The layered perovskite Sr2RuO4 exhibits unconventional superconductivity below 1.5 K. There are now several key experimental facts which indicate that its superconducting symmetry is spin-triplet, p-wave, but some important features of its gap structure still need to be determined. In order to address some of the outstanding issues, we have performed a study of its thermodynamic behavior in the field-temperature phase diagram. Specific heat measurements give evidence for multiple superconducting gaps. We will discuss implications of this in relation to the idea of "orbital-dependent superconductivity". We will also present the results of a search for a second superconducting transition under the magnetic field applied precisely parallel to the quasi-two-dimensional plane. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.