NONUNITARY SUPERCONDUCTING STATE IN UPT3

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作者
OHMI, T [1 ]
MACHIDA, K [1 ]
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[1] OKAYAMA UNIV,DEPT PHYS,OKAYAMA 700,JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.625
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We point out that a nonunitary pairing state is realized in the so-called B phase in a low T and H region of UPt3 where time inversion is already known to be broken. This nonunitarity leads us to understand several long-standing puzzles, including the large ''residual'' T-linear specific heat and thermal conductivity at lower T. The B phase is concluded to be spin-triplet odd parity (so-called beta phase), belonging to a one-dimensional representation. A recent muon spin rotation result, detecting the intrinsic moment in the B phase, is consistent with this identification.
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