OBSERVATION OF MAGNETIC ORDER IN THE HEAVY-FERMION SUPERCONDUCTOR UBE13

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作者
KLEIMAN, RN
BISHOP, DJ
OTT, HR
FISK, Z
SMITH, JL
机构
[1] CORNELL UNIV,ITHACA,NY 14853
[2] SWISS FED INST TECHNOL,CH-8049 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
[3] UNIV CALIF LOS ALAMOS SCI LAB,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.1975
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have measured the magnetostriction L(H) of a single crystal of the heavy-fermion superconductor UBe13 using an all-silicon high-precision capacitance dilatometer. We find clear evidence for a transition to an antiferromagnetic state at TN 8.8 K, which is suppressed in a field by dTN/dH 0.36 K/T. At low temperatures we observe pronounced magnetostrictive oscillations, which we believe are de Haasvan Alphen oscillations due to an unusual aspect of the Fermi surface. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:1975 / 1978
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