Thermodynamic Anomaly Above the Superconducting Critical Temperature in the Quasi One-Dimensional Superconductor Ta${}_4$Pd${}_3$Te${}_{16}$

T. Helm, F. Flicker, R. Kealhofer +9

We study the intrinsic transport anisotropy and fermiology of the quasi one-dimensional superconductor Ta${}_4$Pd${}_3$Te${}_{16}$. Below $T^{\ast }=20$ K we detect a thermodynamic phase trans…