SPECIFIC-HEAT ANOMALIES AT THE LOWER CRITICAL-TEMPERATURE IN REENTRANT FERROMAGNETIC SUPERCONDUCTORS

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作者
MACKAY, HB [1 ]
WOOLF, LD [1 ]
MAPLE, MB [1 ]
JOHNSON, DC [1 ]
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[1] EXXON RES & ENGN CO,CORP RES LABS,LINDEN,NJ 07036
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.918
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
A spike-shaped heat-capacity anomaly has been identified at the lower superconducting-to-normal transition temperature Tc2 of the magnetic superconducting system (Er1-xHox)-Rh4B4. This anomaly can be distinguished from the feature due to long-range magnetic ordering and indicates that the transition at Tc2 is thermodynamically of first order. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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