Evidence for line nodes in the energy gap of the overdoped Ba(Fe${}_{1-x}$Co${}_x$)${}_2$As${}_2$ from low-temperature specific heat measurements

Abstract

Low-temperature specific heat (SH) is measured on Ba(Fe${}_{1-x}$Co${}_x$)${}_2$As${}_2$ single crystals in a wide doping region under different magnetic fields. For the overdoped sample, we find the clear evidence for the presence of $T^2$ term in the data, which is absent both for the underdoped and optimal doped samples, suggesting the presence of line nodes in the energy gap of the overdoped samples. Moreover, the field induced electron specific heat coefficient $\Delta \gamma (H)$ increases more quickly with the field for the overdoped sample than the underdoped and optimal doped ones, giving another support to our arguments. Our results suggest that the superconducting gap(s) in the present system may have different structures strongly depending on the doping regions.

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