FIELD-DEPENDENT SPECIFIC-HEAT AND MULTIPLE SUPERCONDUCTING PHASES IN UPT3

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ELLMAN, B
YANG, J
ROSENBAUM, TF
BUCHER, E
机构
[1] UNIV CHICAGO,DEPT PHYS,CHICAGO,IL 60637
[2] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
[3] UNIV CONSTANCE,W-7750 CONSTANCE,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.1569
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have measured the specific heat, C, of single-crystal UPt3 in the superconducting regime as a function of temperature, T, and magnetic field, H, parallel to the c axis. We find that C(T) at fixed H<Hc2 shows no evidence for different superconducting states. In contrast, our field-sweep data, C(H) at fixed T, have sharp changes in slope at HS Hc2/2. The phase diagram deduced from these features agrees with neutron-scattering and torsional-oscillator results on the same samples. These thermodynamic measurements as a function of magnetic field constrain theories of exotic superconductivity in UPt3. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:1569 / 1572
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