Horizontal line nodes in SrRuO proved by spin resonance

飯田 一樹*; 古府 麻衣子; 鈴木 雄大*; 村井 直樹; 河村 聖子; 梶本 亮一; 稲村 泰弘; 石角 元志*; 長谷川 舜介*; 増田 隆嗣*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 89(5), p.053702_1 - 053702_5, 2020/05

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.89.053702

We investigated the low-energy incommensurate (IC) magnetic fluctuations in SrRuO by the high-resolution inelastic neutron scattering measurements and random phase approximation (RPA) calculations. We observed a spin resonance with energy of meV centered at a characteristic wavevector . The resonance energy corresponds well to the superconducting gap 2 = 0.56 meV estimated by the tunneling spectroscopy. The spin resonance shows the modulation with a maximum at around . The modulated intensity of the spin resonance and our RPA calculations indicate that the superconducting gaps regarding the quasi-one-dimensional and sheets at the Fermi surfaces have the horizontal line nodes. These results may set a strong constraint on the pairing symmetry of SrRuO. We also discuss the implications on possible superconducting order parameters.