@article{c97e511057f844438987c549b628058f,
title = " Spin-rotation symmetry breaking in the superconducting state of Cu x Bi 2 Se 3 ",
abstract = " Spontaneous symmetry breaking is an important concept for understanding physics ranging from the elementary particles to states of matter. For example, the superconducting state breaks global gauge symmetry, and unconventional superconductors can break further symmetries. In particular, spin-rotational symmetry is expected to be broken in spin-triplet superconductors. However, experimental evidence for such symmetry breaking has not been conclusively obtained so far in any candidate compounds. Here, using 77 Se nuclear magnetic resonance measurements, we show that spin-rotation symmetry is spontaneously broken in the hexagonal plane of the electron-doped topological insulator Cu 0.3 Bi 2 Se 3 below the superconducting transition temperature T c = 3.4 K. Our results not only establish spin-triplet superconductivity in this compound, but may also serve to lay a foundation for the research of topological superconductivity. ",
author = "K. Matano and M. Kriener and K. Segawa and Y. Ando and Zheng, {Guo Qing}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank A. Yamakage, M. Sato, L. Fu, Y. Tanaka, K. Mizushima, Y. Yanase, K. Miyake, Y. Maeno, J. P. Hu, T. Xiang and J. A. Sauls for helpful discussion, and Y. S. Hor, F. Iwase, S. Maeda and K. Ueshima for participation in the initial stage of this work. This work was supported in part by MEXT research grants (Innovative area {\textquoteleft}Topological Quantum Phenomena{\textquoteright}, No. 22103004 and {\textquoteleft}Topological Materials Science{\textquoteright}, No. 15H05852), JSPS grants (nos. 24540320, 25220708, 25800197, 15K05140 and 16H04016), AFOSR (AOARD 124038) and by the CAS (grant No. XDB07020200). Funding Information: This work was supported in part by MEXT research grants (Innovative area 'Topological Quantum Phenomena', No. 22103004 and 'Topological Materials Science', No. 15H05852), JSPS grants (nos. 24540320, 25220708, 25800197, 15K05140 and 16H04016), AFOSR (AOARD 124038) and by the CAS (grant No. XDB07020200). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2006 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved.",
year = "2016",
month = sep,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1038/nphys3781",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
pages = "852--854",
journal = "Nature Physics",
issn = "1745-2473",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "9",
}