1212.1308 (L. Howald et al.)

Strong pressure dependence of the magnetic penetration depth in single
crystals of the heavy fermion superconductor CeCoIn5 studied by muon spin
rotation    [PDF]

L. Howald, A. Maisuradze, P. Dalmas de Réotier, A. Yaouanc, C. Baines, G. Lapertot, K. Mony, J. -P. Brison, H. Keller

In the tetragonal heavy fermion system CeCoIn5 the unconventional superconducting state is probed by means of muon spin rotation. The pressure dependence (0-1 GPa) of the basal-plane magnetic penetration depth (\lambda_a), the penetration depth anisotropy (\gamma=\lambda_c/\lambda_a) and the temperature dependence of 1/\lambda_i^2 (i=a,c) were studied in single crystals. A strong decrease of \lambda_a with pressure was observed, while \gamma and \lambda_i^2(0)/\lambda_i^2(T) are pressure independent. A linear relationship between 1/\lambda_a^2(270 mK) and Tc was also found. The large decrease of \lambda_a with pressure is the signature of an increase of the number of superconducting quasiparticles by a factor of about 2.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.1308