%0 Journal Article
%T Unique Spin Dynamics and Unconventional Superconductivity in the Layered Heavy Fermion Compound CeIrIn_5:NQR Evidence
%A G. -q. Zheng
%A K. Tanabe
%A T. Mito
%A S. Kawasaki
%A Y. Kitaoka
%A D. Aoki
%A Y. Haga
%A Y. Onuki
%J Physics
%D 2001
%I arXiv
%R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4664
%X We report measurements of the ^{115}In nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate (1/T_1) between T=0.09 K and 100 K in the new heavy fermion (HF) compound CeIrIn_5. At 0.4 K < T < 100 K, 1/T_1 is strongly T-dependent, which indicates that CeIrIn_5 is much more itinerant than known Ce-based HFs. We find that 1/T_1T, subtracting that for LaIrIn_5, follows a 1/(T+\theta)^{3/4} variation with \theta=8 K. We argue that this novel feature points to anisotropic, due to a layered crystal structure, spin fluctuations near a magnetic ordering. The bulk superconductivity sets in at 0.40 K below which the coherence peak is absent and 1/T_1 follows a T^3 variation, which suggests unconventional superconductivity with line-node gap.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0102487v3