PRESSURE-DEPENDENCE OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING PHASES IN UPT3

被引:108
作者
TRAPPMANN, T [1 ]
VONLOHNEYSEN, H [1 ]
TAILLEFER, L [1 ]
机构
[1] CNRS,CTR RECH TRES BASSES TEMP,F-38042 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1991年 / 43卷 / 16期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.43.13714
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We report measurements of the specific heat of the heavy-fermion compound UPt3 under hydrostatic pressure p up to 4.5 kbar. The two superconductive transitions at temperatures T(c)+ and T(c)- observed previously under zero pressure decrease at a rate of dT(c)+/dp = -24 mK/kbar and dT(c)-/dp = -5 mK/kbar. The transitions merge at p* = 3.7 kbar and T* = 419 mK. These results suggest that the weak antiferromagnetic order, which is suppressed on the same pressure scale, acts as a symmetry-breaking field in splitting the superconductive transition, thus yielding convincing evidence for a non-BCS order parameter for this system.
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页码:13714 / 13716
页数:3
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