Temperature dependence of the penetration depth in Sr2RuO4:: Evidence for nodes in the gap function

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Bonalde, I
Yanoff, BD
Salamon, MB
Van Harlingen, DJ
Chia, EME
Mao, ZQ
Maeno, Y
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[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[2] Kyoto Univ, Dept Phys, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
[3] Japan Sci & Technol Corp, CREST, Kawaguchi, Saitama 3320012, Japan
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4775
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O4 [物理学];
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We report measurements of the magnetic penetration depth in single crystals of Sr2RuO4 down to 0.04 K using a tunnel-diode based, self-inductive technique. We observe a power law temperature dependence below 0:8 K, with no sign of a second phase transition nor of a crossover predicted for a multiband superconductor. A power law dependence suggests that the gap function has nodes, inconsistent with candidate p-wave states. We argue that nonlocal effects, rather than impurity scattering, can explain the observed T-2 dependence instead of the T-linear behavior expected for line nodes.
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