Multiple phase transitions in Pauli-limited iron-based superconductors

Abstract

Specific heat measurements have been successfully used to probe unconventional superconducting phases in one-band heavy-fermion and organic superconductors. We extend the method to study successive phase transitions in multi-band materials such as iron-based superconductors. The signatures are multiple peaks in the specific heat, at low temperatures and high magnetic field, which can lead to the experimental verification of unconventional superconducting states with non-zero total momentum.