Nodeless s-wave superconductivity in the [Formula: see text]-Mn structure type noncentrosymmetric superconductor TaOs: a [Formula: see text]SR study

J Phys Condens Matter. 2020 Jan 1;32(1):015602. doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab43a4. Epub 2019 Sep 11.

Abstract

Noncentrosymmetric superconductors can lead to a variety of exotic properties in the superconducting state such as line nodes, multigap behavior, and time-reversal symmetry breaking. In this paper, we report the properties of a new noncentrosymmetric superconductor TaOs, using muon spin relaxation and rotation measurements. It is shown using the zero-field muon experiment that TaOs preserve the time-reversal symmetry in the superconducting state. From the transverse field muon measurements, we extract the temperature dependence of [Formula: see text], which is proportional to the superfluid density. This data can be fit with a fully gapped s-wave model for [Formula: see text] = 2.01 [Formula: see text] 0.02. Furthermore, the value of magnetic penetration depth is found to be 5919 [Formula: see text] 45 [Formula: see text], which is consistent with the value obtained from the bulk measurements.