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kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br: a Fully Gapped Strong-Coupling Superconductor

H. Elsinger, J. Wosnitza, S. Wanka, J. Hagel, D. Schweitzer, W. Strunz

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/9912031

Abstract

High-resolution specific-heat measurements of the organic superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br in the superconducting (B = 0) and normal (B = 14 T) state show a clearly resolvable anomaly at Tc = 11.5 K and an electronic contribution, Ces, which can be reasonably well described by strong-coupling BCS theory. Most importantly, Ces vanishes exponentially in the superconducting state which gives evidence for a fully gapped order parameter.

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