| Effect of the Vortices on the Nuclear Spin Relaxation Rate in the Unconventional Pairing States of the Organic Superconductor (TMTSF)2PF6 (2006) | |||||||||||||
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| This Letter theoretically discusses quasiparticle states and nuclear spin relaxation rates T_1^-1 in the quasi-one-dimensional superconductor (TMTSF)2PF6 under a magnetic field applied parallel to the conduction chains. We study the effects of Josephson-type vortices on T_1^-1 by solving the Bogoliubov– de Gennes equation for p-, d- or f-wave pairing interactions. In the presence of line nodes in pairing functions, T_1^-1 is proportional to T in sufficiently low temperatures because quasiparticles induced by vortices at the Fermi energy relax spins. We also try to identify the pairing symmetry of (TMTSF)2PF6.. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. v.97, n.18, 2006, p.187002-1 - 187002-4 | |||||||||||||
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