EFFECT OF UNIAXIAL-STRESS ON THE ONSET OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN UPT3

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作者
GREITER, M [1 ]
LONZARICH, GG [1 ]
TAILLEFER, L [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,CAVENDISH LAB,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0375-9601(92)90594-C
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The effect of uniaxial stress on the upper superconducting transition temperature of the heavy-fermion compound UPt3 has been investigated for compression of up to 800 bars applied along each of the three high-symmetry axes of a single crystal of high purity. The results provide estimates of those coefficients in a Landau expansion of the free energy which represent the coupling of the multicomponent superconducting order parameter to the strain and to the antiferromagnetic moments. The parameter describing an anisotropic coupling in the basal plane is found to be unexpectedly small.
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