Mean-field analysis on the magnetic properties of non-centrosymmetric superconductor LaNiC2.

Based on two-band isotropic Ginzburg-Landau theory, we study the temperature dependence of upper critical field and London penetration depth for non-centrosymmetric superconductor LaNiC2. All the theoretical calculations fit the experimental data very well, especially the upward curvature of upper critical field near the critical temperature. Our results thus indicate that the two-gap scenario is better to account for the superconductivity of LaNiC2, and the Cooper pairs of this superconductor are in the conventional s-wave state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]