Unconventional superconductivity in CeCoIn5 studied by the specific heat and magnetization measurements

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作者
Ikeda, S [1 ]
Shishido, H
Nakashima, M
Settai, R
Aoki, D
Haga, Y
Harima, H
Aoki, Y
Namiki, T
Sato, H
Onuki, Y
机构
[1] Osaka Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Toyonaka, Osaka 560043, Japan
[2] Japan Atom Energy Res Inst, Adv Sci Res Ctr, Tokai, Ibaraki 3191195, Japan
[3] Osaka Univ, Inst Sci & Ind Res, Ibaraki, Osaka 5670047, Japan
[4] Tokyo Metropolitan Univ, Grad Sch, Hachioji, Tokyo 1920309, Japan
关键词
CeCoIn5; specific heat; superconductivity; heavy fermion;
D O I
10.1143/JPSJ.70.2248
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We measured the low-temperature specific heat in magnetic fields up to 80 kOe. together with the magnetization for the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn5 with the transition temperature T-c = 2.25 K. CeCoIn5, is a strong-coupling superconductor with a large jump in the specific heat, DeltaC/C-n(T-c) = 4.7. The heavy-fermion state is significantly formed below 1 K, reaching at least 1070 mJ/K-2.mol in magnetic fields. This large electronic specific heat coefficient at 0.25 K is. however, reduced with increasing magnetic field, ranging from 1070 mJ/K-2.mol at 50 kOe to 820 mJ/K-2.mol at 80 kOe, The upper critical field H-c2 at 0 K is estimated to be 116 kOe for H // [100] and 49.5 kOe for H // [001]. The present anisotropy of H-c2 is well explained by the anisotropic effective mass. but the magnitude of H-c2 is reduced strongly by the paramagnetic effect for both field directions.
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