Calorimetric Evidence for Nodes in the Overdoped Ba(Fe${}_{0.9}$Co${}_{0.1}$)${}_2$As${}_2$

Abstract

We present low-temperature specific heat of the electron-doped Ba(Fe${}_{0.9}$Co${}_{0.1}$)${}_2$As${}_2$, which does not show any indication of an upturn down to 400 mK, the lowest measuring temperature. The lack of a Schottky-like feature at low temperatures or in magnetic fields up to 9 Tesla enables us to identify enhanced low-temperature quasiparticle excitations and to study anisotropy in the linear term of the specific heat. Our results can not be explained by a single or multiple isotropic superconducting gap, but are consistent with multi-gap superconductivity with nodes on at least one Fermi surface sheet.

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