Penetration depth measurements in MgB2: Evidence for unconventional superconductivity - art. no. 094514

We have measured the magnetic penetration depth of the recently discovered binary superconductor MgB2 using Mon spin rotation and low-field ac suscept ibility. From the damping of the muon precession signal we find the penetra tion depth at zero temperature is similar to 85 nm. The low-temperature pen etration depth shows a quadratic temperature dependence, indicating either the presence of nodes in the gap or that the gap minimum must be smaller th an the lowest temperature measured (4.2 K) if the pairing has anisotropic s -wave symmetry.