SUPERCONDUCTING PHASES OF URU2SI2

被引:42
作者
RAMIREZ, AP
SIEGRIST, T
PALSTRA, TTM
GARRETT, JD
BRUCK, E
MENOVSKY, AA
MYDOSH, JA
机构
[1] MCMASTER UNIV,INST MAT RES,HAMILTON L8S 4M1,ONTARIO,CANADA
[2] UNIV AMSTERDAM,NAT KUNDIG LAB,1018 XE AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
[3] LEIDEN UNIV,KAMERLINGH ONNES LAB,2300 RA LEIDEN,NETHERLANDS
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1991年 / 44卷 / 10期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.44.5392
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Thermodynamic data near the superconducting T(c) on several different single-crystal specimens of the heavy-fermion system URu2Si2 are presented. Multiple-peak structure and narrow transition widths (DELTA-T(c)/T(c) = 0.05) are observed in the specific heat of the highest-quality samples. By carefully sectioning one of the crystals, it is shown that these peaks occur in macroscopically different parts of the crystal, and not as a result of vector superconductivity. Implications for the multiple-peak structure in Upt3 are discussed.
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页码:5392 / 5395
页数:4
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