Thermal conductivity of overdoped BaFe${}_{1.73}$Co${}_{0.27}$As${}_2$ single crystal: Evidence for nodeless multiple superconducting gaps and interband interactions

Abstract

The in-plane thermal conductivity $\kappa$ of overdoped FeAs-based superconductor BaFe${}_{1.73}$Co${}_{0.27}$As${}_2$ ($T_c$ = 8.1 K) single crystal was measured down to 80 mK. In zero field, the residual linear term ${\kappa }_0/T$ is negligible, suggesting a nodeless superconducting gap in the $ab$-plane. In magnetic field, ${\kappa }_0/T$ increases rapidly, very different from that of conventional s-wave superconductors. This anomalous ${\kappa }_0/T(H)$ may reveal an exotic superconducting gap structure in overdoped BaFe${}_{1.73}$Co${}_{0.27}$As${}_2$: the vanishing hole ($\beta$) pocket has a much larger gap than the electron ($\gamma$ and $\delta$) pockets which contain most of the carriers. Such an exotic gap structure is an evidence for superconducting state induced by interband interactions, in which the band with the {\it smaller} density of states has a {\it larger} gap.

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