TETRACRITICAL POINTS AND THE SUPERCONDUCTING PHASES OF UPT3 - UNIAXIAL PRESSURE EFFECTS

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作者
BOUKHNY, M [1 ]
BULLOCK, GL [1 ]
SHIVARAM, BS [1 ]
HINKS, DG [1 ]
机构
[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB,DIV MAT SCI,ARGONNE,IL 60439
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1707
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Using signatures in the longitudinal sound velocity we have mapped for the first time experimentally the pressure dependence of the phase boundaries in superconducting UPt3 for magnetic field H parallel to the a axis. With increasing pressure P-c parallel to the c axis, the tetracritical point in the H-T plane is observed to shift to lower H and higher temperature T. At a critical stress, P-c similar to 2.6 kbar the tetracritical point reaches the H = O, P-c - T plane, and our measurements prove coexistence of at least four phases in this plane as well.
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