Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2002-07-30
Phys. Rev. B 67, 024519 (2003)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
7 pages, 6 figures, RevTex4, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.67.024519
The family of superconducting fullerides (NH_3)_xNaK_2C_60 shows an anomalous correlation between T_c and lattice parameter. To better understand the origin of this anomaly we have studied a representative x=0.75 compound using SQUID magnetometry and MuSR spectroscopy. The lower critical field H_c1, measured by the trapped magnetization method, is less than 1 G, a very small value as compared with that of other fullerides. Muon spin depolarization in the superconducting phase shows also quite small local field inhomogeneities, of the order of those arising from nuclear dipolar fields. On the other hand, the 40 T value for H_c2, as extracted from magnetometry data, is comparable to that of other fullerides. We show that these observations cannot be rationalized within the framework of the Ginzburg-Landau theory of superconductivity. Instead, the anomalous magnetic properties could be interpreted taking into account the role played by polaronic instabilities in this material.
Barbieri F.
Bolzoni Fulvio
Bucci Carlo
Ricco Mauro
Shiroka T.
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