Are Th doped Y2C3 and La2C3 two-band superconductors?
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The superconducting sesquicarbides R2C3 have noncentrosymmetric point group symmetry Td. Spin-orbit coupling lifts the spin degeneracy of electronic bands in the most of the Brillouin zone. Nevertheless, due to high symmetry, there are a few directions along which the Fermi surfaces must touch. This leads to the two-band effects in the superconducting state.
2+ pages. Proceedings of SCES'04. Final version. Added discussion on relevance to CePt3Si
2+ pages. Proceedings of SCES'04. Final version. Added discussion on relevance to CePt3Si