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arxiv 2310.08462 v1 pith:KUTUQ3O5 submitted 2023-10-12 cond-mat.supr-con

Multigap nodeless superconductivity in the topological semimetal PdTe

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keywords pdtesuperconductingnodelesstopologicalbulk-nodalclaimedfieldgaps
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Recently PdTe was identified as a spin-orbit coupled topological Dirac semimetal and was claimed to exhibit both bulk-nodal and surface-nodeless superconducting gaps. Here we report the ultralow-temperature thermal conductivity measurements on PdTe single crystals with $T_c$ = 4.5 K to investigate its superconducting gap structure. It is found that the residual linear term $\kappa_0/T$ is negligible in zero magnetic field. Furthermore, the field dependence of $\kappa_0(H)/T$ exhibits an $\sf S$-shaped curve. These results suggest that PdTe has multiple nodeless superconducting gaps, which is at odds with the claimed bulk-nodal gap. The reason for the discrepancy is likely that previous angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements were only performed down to 2 K and cannot observe the smaller nodeless gap. The fully gapped superconducting state in PdTe is compatible with it being a topological superconductor candidate.

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