Large and homogeneous mass enhancement in the rattling-induced superconductor KOs${}_2$O${}_6$

Abstract

We have determined the Fermi surface in KOs${}_2$O${}_6$ ($T_c$ = 9.6 K and $B_{c2}\sim$ 32 T) via de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) oscillation measurements and a band structure calculation. We find effective masses up to 26(1) $m_e$ ($m_e$ is the free electron mass), which are unusually heavy for compounds where the mass enhancement is mostly due to electron-phonon interactions. Orbit-resolved mass enhancement parameters ${\lambda }_{dHvA}$ are large but fairly homogeneous, concentrated in the range 5 -- 8. We discuss origins of the large homogeneous mass enhancement in terms of rattling motion of the K ions.

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