Superconductivity in the half-Heusler alloys RPdBi (R=Lu,Er)

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These half-Heusler compounds are also semi-metals, with low carrier densities and non-trivial topological features. The crystal structures are also non-centrosymmetric, which is interesting from a superconductivity point of view, as one expects an admixture of conventional spin singlet and unconventional spin triplet pairing states. Additionally, the isostructural Er compound develops a magnetically ordered phase in the region of superconductivity. It is not known if the ordering is anti-ferromagnetic, or a more exotic spin spiral state. It is also unknown to what extent the magnetism plays a role with the superconductivity. Muon spin rotation and relaxation is an excellent tool for studying systems such as this, and in this proposal we suggest a thorough investigation of the flux line lattice using transverse field uSR. We will also search for spin triplet pairing in zero field.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.60999871
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Provenance
Creator Dr Joel Verezhak; Professor Wenhong Wang; Dr Aidy Hillier; Professor Don Paul
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2018
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 2015-07-14T07:27:30Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-07-18T08:30:00Z