mu$SR measurements on Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ under $\langle 110 \rangle$ uniaxial stress

Phys. Rev. B 107, 024508 (2023) Muon spin rotation/relaxation ($\mu$SR) and polar Kerr effect measurements provide evidence for a time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) superconducting state in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$. However, the absence of a cusp in the superconducting transition temperature ($T_{\rm c}$)...

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Hauptverfasser: Grinenko, Vadim, Sarkar, Rajib, Ghosh, Shreenanda, Das, Debarchan, Guguchia, Zurab, Luetkens, Hubertus, Shipulin, Ilya, Ramires, Aline, Kikugawa, Naoki, Maeno, Yoshiteru, Ishida, Kousuke, Hicks, Clifford W, Klauss, Hans-Henning
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Zusammenfassung:Phys. Rev. B 107, 024508 (2023) Muon spin rotation/relaxation ($\mu$SR) and polar Kerr effect measurements provide evidence for a time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) superconducting state in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$. However, the absence of a cusp in the superconducting transition temperature ($T_{\rm c}$) vs. stress and the absence of a resolvable specific heat anomaly at TRSB transition temperature ($T_{\rm TRSB}$) under uniaxial stress challenge a hypothesis of TRSB superconductivity. Recent $\mu$SR studies under pressure and with disorder indicate that the splitting between $T_{\rm c}$ and $T_{\rm TRSB}$ occurs only when the structural tetragonal symmetry is broken. To further test such behavior, we measured $T_\text{c}$ through susceptibility measurements, and $T_\text{TRSB}$ through $\mu$SR, under uniaxial stress applied along a $\langle 110 \rangle$ lattice direction. We have obtained preliminary evidence for suppression of $T_\text{TRSB}$ below $T_\text{c}$, at a rate much higher than the suppression rate of $T_\text{c}$.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2301.06810