Ultrasound evidence for multicomponent superconducting order parameter in Ba1-xKxFe2As2 with electron quadrupling phaseShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: NPJ QUANTUM MATERIALS, ISSN 2397-4648, Vol. 10, no 1, article id 107Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Experiments have pointed to the formation of the electron quadrupling condensate in Ba1-xKxFe2As2 at x similar to 0.8. The state spontaneously breaks time-reversal symmetry and is sandwiched between two critical points, separating it from the broken time-reversal symmetry (BTRS) superconducting state at and a normal-metal state at . We report a theory of the acoustic effects spectroscopy of systems with an electron quadrupling phase based on ultrasound-velocity measurements. We show that the experimental results are consistent with BTRS superconductivity at x similar to 0.8, fulfilling the necessary condition for the formation of electron quadrupling in Ba1-xKxFe2As2. We provide the theoretical basis and the experimental strategy to study the order parameter symmetry of emerging quadrupling condensates in superconductors.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature , 2025. Vol. 10, no 1, article id 107
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Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-376665DOI: 10.1038/s41535-025-00819-7ISI: 001629639400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105023557366OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-376665DiVA, id: diva2:2040989
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QC 20260223
2026-02-232026-02-232026-02-23Bibliographically approved