Fermi surface of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor BiPd

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• Dr. Ed Yelland, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
• Friday 05 September 2014, 14:00-15:00
• Physics East 217.

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We report Fermi surface measurements of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor BiPd via quantum oscillations in the magnetic torque. The results show that BiPd is a high carrier density metal with both quasi two-dimensional and three-dimensional Fermi surface sheets. Comparison of the measured Fermi surface to that calculated by density functional theory reveals that spin-orbit interaction both splits the bulk electronic states and induces a topological change in some Fermi surface sheets. The measured quasiparticle masses in the range 0:2−1:5 electron masses are renormalized by a factor ~2 compared to bare values, suggesting fairly strong electron-phonon coupling. The presence of symmetry-enforced degeneracies of the electronic bands is highlighted and we note their implications for the spin-structure of the spin-orbit-split states and for the symmetry of the superconducting order parameter.

This talk is part of the Condensed Matter Physics Seminars series.

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