Location of gap nodes in the organic superconductors kappa-(ET)₂Cu(NCS)₂ and kappa-(ET)₂Cu[N(CN)₂]Br determined by magnetocalorimetry
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❄️ cond-mat.supr-con
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kappacomponentfieldfourfoldheatnodesorganicspecific
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We report specific heat measurements of the organic superconductors $\kappa$-(ET)$_2$Cu(NCS)$_2$ and $\kappa$-(ET)$_2$Cu[N(CN)$_2$]Br. When the magnetic field is rotated in the highly conducting planes at low temperature ($T\simeq 0.4$ K), we observe clear oscillations of specific heat which have a strong fourfold component. The observed strong field and temperature dependence of this fourfold component identifies it as originating from nodes in the superconducting energy gap which point along the in-plane crystal axes ($d_{xy}$ symmetry)
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