Structural phase transition, precursory electronic anomaly, and strong-coupling superconductivity in quasi-skutterudite (Sr1−xCax)3Ir4Sn13 and Ca3Rh4Sn13*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11674377 and 11634015), the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant Nos. 2017YFA0302904 and 2016YFA0300502), and the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB07020200). J. Y. is supported by the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS.

Luo Jun1, 2, Yang Jie1, †, Maeda S3, Li Zheng1, 2, Zheng Guo-Qing1, 2, 3, ‡
       

(color online) The temperature dependence of 1/T1T for (Sr1−xCax)3Ir4Sn13 (x = 0, 0.5, 1) and Ca3RH4Sn13. The dash arrows indicate T*. The solid arrows indicate Ts. The solid black arrows mark the temperature below which 1/T1T shows an upturn.