Unconventional superconductivity in $\zeta$-phase of oxygen compressed to megabar pressure

Abstract

Oxygen exhibits structural phase transformation from non-metallic $\epsilon$-O2 phase into metallic $\zeta$-O2 phase at pressure of P = 96 GPa (Desgreniers et al 1990 J. Phys. Chem. 94 1117; Akahama et al 1995 Phys. Rev. Lett. 74 4690). Metallic $\zeta$-O2 phase is a superconductor with transition temperature of Tc = 0.6 K at P = 115-120 GPa (Shimizu et al 1998 Nature 393 767). In this paper we have performed analysis of temperature dependent upper critical field, Bc2(T), for $\zeta$-O2 phase (P = 115 GPa) and show that this highly-compressed phase of gaseous molecular element is unconventional superconductor with the ratio of Tc to the Fermi temperature, Tf, in the range of 0.009 < Tc/Tf < 0.108.

arXiv comment9 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1912.13293

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