The symmetry of the superconducting order parameter in PuCoGa$_5$

TL;DR

This study investigates the superconducting order parameter symmetry in PuCoGa$_5$ using muon spin relaxation, finding no time-reversal symmetry violation and evidence supporting a d-wave pairing state.

Contribution

The paper provides experimental evidence for the d-wave pairing symmetry in PuCoGa$_5$, clarifying its superconducting order parameter without TRV.

Findings

No evidence of time-reversal symmetry violation.

Superfluid density varies linearly with temperature.

Supports an even-parity d-wave pairing state.

Abstract

The symmetry of the superconducting order parameter in single-crystalline PuCoGa$_5$ ($T_{\rm c} = 18.5$ K) is investigated via zero- and transverse- field muon spin relaxation ($\mu$SR) measurements, probing the possible existence of orbital and/or spin moments (time reversal-symmetry violation TRV) associated with the superconducting phase and the in-plane magnetic-field penetration depth $\lambda(T)$ in the mixed state, respectively. We find no evidence for TRV, and show that the superfluid density, or alternatively, $\Delta\lambda(T) = \lambda(T) - \lambda(0)$, are $\propto T$ for $T/T_{\rm c} \leq 0.5$. Taken together these measurements are consistent with an even-parity (pseudo-spin singlet), d-wave pairing state.