Anisotropy of magnetothermal conductivity in Sr2RuO4

The dependence of in-plane and interplane thermal conductivities of Sr2RUO4 on temperature, as well as magnetic field strength and orientation, is rep orted. We found no notable anisotropy in the thermal conductivity for the m agnetic field rotation parallel to the conducting plane in the whole range of experimental temperatures and fields, except in the vicinity of the uppe r critical field H-c2 where the anisotropy of the H-c2 itself plays a domin ant role. This finding imposes strong constraints on the possible models of superconductivity in Sr2RuO4 and supports the existence of a superconducti ng gap with a line of nodes running orthogonal to the Fermi surface cylinde r.