Flux-line lattice distortion in PrOs4Sb12

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Oct 29;93(18):187005. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.187005. Epub 2004 Oct 28.

Abstract

We report that the flux-line lattice in the cubic superconductor Pr(Os4Sb12 is strongly distorted from an ideal hexagonal lattice at very low temperatures in a small applied field. We attribute this to the presence of gap nodes in the superconducting state on at least some Fermi-surface sheets.