Twenty-five years of heavy-fermion superconductivity

被引:22
作者
Steglich, F [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Chem Phys Solids, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
关键词
Kondo effect; heavy fermions; superconductivity; quantum criticality;
D O I
10.1016/j.physb.2005.01.054
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
We discuss first the physical properties of the prototypical heavy-fermion superconductor CeCu2Si2 and, second, the relationship of its superconductivity with both a spin-density-wave-type quantum phase transition and a weak valence transition of Cc that occurs at high pressure. We, then, briefly address the isostructural heavy-fermion compound YbRh2Si2 displaying a local type of quantum critical behavior which appears to be detrimental to superconductivity. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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