Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2006-03-02
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
7 pages, 6 figures, minor changes and references added
Scientific paper
We examine the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rates $1/T_1$ of PuRhGa$_5$ and PuCoGa$_5$, both in the superconducting and normal states, as well as their Knight shifts. Results for both compounds are consistent with a superconducting gap of d-wave symmetry in the presence of strong impurity scattering, though with quite different gap-over-$T_c$ ratios $2 \Delta_{0}/ k_B T_c$ (8 for PuCoGa$_5$ and 5 for PuRhGa$_5$). In the normal state, PuRhGa$_5$ exhibits a gradual suppression of $(T_1 T)^{-1}$ below 25 K, while measurements for PuCoGa$_5$ reveal a monotonic increase down to $T_c$. We propose that this behavior is consistently understood by the crossover from the two-dimensional quantum antiferromagnetic regime of the local $5f$-electron spins of Pu to the concomitant formation of the fermion pseudogap based on the two-component spin-fermion model.
Balatsky Alexander V.
Bang Yunkyu
Curro Nicholas J.
Graf Matthias. J.
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