In a triclinic iron pnictide superconductor, a spin resonance precursor, Nernst signal, and NMR density-of-states reduction all point to preformed Cooper pairs persisting to T* = 45 K, above Tc = 30 K.
Possible superconducting fluctuation and pseudogap state above $T_c$ in CsFe$_2$As$_2$
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Resistive, magnetization, torque, specific heat and scanning tunneling microscopy measurements are carried out on the hole heavily doped CsFe$_2$As$_2$ single crystals. A characteristic temperature $T^*\sim13$ K, which is several times higher than the superconducting transition temperature $T_c=2.15$ K, is observed and possibly related to the superconducting fluctuation or the pseudogap state. A diamagnetic signal detected by torque measurements starts from the superconducting state, keeps finite and vanishes gradually until a temperature near $T^*$. Temperature dependent resistivity and specific heat also show kinks near $T^*$. An asymmetric gap-like feature with the energy of 8.4 meV and a symmetric superconducting related gap of 2.2 meV on the scanning tunneling spectra are detected, and these pseudogap-related features disappear at temperatures up to at least 9 K. These observations by different experimental tools suggest the possible existence of superconducting fluctuation or pseudogap state in the temperature range up to 4 - 6 times of $T_c$ in CsFe$_2$As$_2$.
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Preformed Cooper Pairs in a Triclinic Iron Pnictide Superconductor
In a triclinic iron pnictide superconductor, a spin resonance precursor, Nernst signal, and NMR density-of-states reduction all point to preformed Cooper pairs persisting to T* = 45 K, above Tc = 30 K.