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  Split superconducting and time-reversal symmetry-breaking transitions in Sr2RuO4 under stress

Grinenko, V., Ghosh, S., Sarkar, R., Orain, J.-C., Nikitin, A., Elender, M., et al. (2021). Split superconducting and time-reversal symmetry-breaking transitions in Sr2RuO4 under stress. Nature Physics, 17, 748-754. doi:10.1038/s41567-021-01182-7.

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Grinenko, Vadim1, Author
Ghosh, Shreenanda1, Author
Sarkar, Rajib1, Author
Orain, Jean-Christophe1, Author
Nikitin, Artem1, Author
Elender, Matthias1, Author
Das, Debarchan1, Author
Guguchia, Zurab1, Author
Brückner, Felix1, Author
Barber, Mark E.2, Author           
Park, Joonbum2, Author           
Kikugawa, Naoki1, Author
Sokolov, Dmitry A.2, Author           
Bobowski, Jake S.1, Author
Miyoshi, Takuto1, Author
Maeno, Yoshiteru1, Author
Mackenzie, Andrew P.3, Author           
Luetkens, Hubertus1, Author
Hicks, Clifford W.4, Author           
Klauss, Hans-Henning1, Author
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1External Organizations, ou_persistent22              
2Physics of Quantum Materials, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society, ou_1863462              
3Andrew Mackenzie, Physics of Quantum Materials, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society, ou_1863463              
4Clifford Hicks, Physics of Quantum Materials, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society, ou_1863466              

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 Abstract: Strontium ruthenate (Sr2RuO4) continues to present an important test of our understanding of unconventional superconductivity, because while its normal-state electronic structure is known with precision, its superconductivity remains unexplained. There is evidence that its order parameter is chiral, but reconciling this with recent observations of the spin part of the pairing requires an order parameter that is either finely tuned or implies a new form of pairing. Therefore, a definitive resolution of whether the superconductivity of Sr2RuO4 is chiral is important for the study of superconductivity. Here we report the measurement of zero-field muon spin relaxation-a probe sensitive to weak magnetism-on samples under uniaxial stresses. We observe stress-induced splitting between the onset temperatures of superconductivity and time-reversal symmetry breaking-consistent with the qualitative expectations for a chiral order parameter-and argue that this observation cannot be explained by conventional magnetism. In addition, we report the appearance of bulk magnetic order under higher uniaxial stress, above the critical pressure at which a Lifshitz transition occurs in Sr2RuO4.
When strain is applied to strontium ruthenate, superconductivity emerges at a different temperature to the breaking of time-reversal symmetry. This indicates that the superconductivity could have a chiral d-wave order parameter.

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 Dates: 2021-03-042021-03-04
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Title: Nature Physics
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Publ. Info: London : Nature Pub. Group
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 17 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 748 - 754 Identifier: ISSN: 1745-2473
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/1000000000025850