Multigap superconductivity in the heavy-Fermion system CeCoIn5

Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Jul 25;101(4):046401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.046401. Epub 2008 Jul 21.

Abstract

New thermal conductivity experiments on the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn5 down to 10 mK rule out the suggested existence of unpaired electrons. Moreover, they reveal strong multigap effects with a remarkably low "critical" field Hc2S for the small gap band, showing that the complexity of heavy-fermion band structure has a direct impact on their response under magnetic field.