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Possible Spin-triplet Superconductivity in NaxCoO2yH2O - 59Co NMR Study
We report 59Co NMR studies on the magnetically oriented powder samples of
Co-oxide superconductors NaxCoO2yH2O with Tc ~ 4.7 K. From two-dimensional
powder pattern in the NMR spectrum, the ab-plane Knight shift in the normal
state was estimated by the magnetic field dependence of second-order quadrupole
shifts at various temperatures. Below 50 K, the Knight shift shows a
Curie-Weiss-like temperature dependence, similarly to the bulk magnetic
susceptibility chi. From the analysis of so-called K-chi plot, the spin and the
orbital components of K and the positive hyperfine coupling constant were
estimated. The onset temperature of superconducting transition in the Knight
shift does not change so much in an applied magnetic field up to 7 T, which is
consistent with the reported high upper critical field Hc2. The Knight shift at
7 T shows an invariant behavior below Tc. No coherence peak just below Tc was
observed in the temperature dependence of the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation
rate 1/T1 in both cases of NMR and NQR. We conclude that the invariant behavior
of the Knight shift below Tc and unconventional behaviors of 1/T possibly
indicate the spin-triplet superconductivity with p- or f-wave symmetry.Comment: 17 pages, 10 figures. Extended versio
Effect of Na content and hydration on the excitation spectrum of the cobaltite Na_xCoO_2 yH_2O
We report on a Raman scattering study on the superconducting cobaltite
as function of Na content and hydration (x1/3,
3/4 and y0, 2/3, 4/3). The observed phonon scattering and scattering
continua are analyzed in terms of lattice strain due to the structural misfit
and disorder. Hydration, due to the intercalation of one or two layers,
releases a part of this strain. Our Raman data suggest a connection between
disorder on the partly occupied Na sites, the split off of the level
from the other states of and superconductivity.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures, for further information see
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