Possible Pairing Mechanisms of PuCoGa$_5$ Superconductor

Details Possible Pairing Mechanisms of PuCoGa$_5$ Superconductor Possible Pairing Mechanisms of PuCoGa$_5$ Superconductor

2004-02-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0402685v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

6 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.70.104512

We examine possible pairing mechanisms of superconductivity in PuCoGa$_5$ based on spin-fluctuations or phonons as mediating bosons. We consider experimental data of specific heat C(T) and resistivity $\rho(T)$ as input to determine a consistent scattering boson with the superconducting transition temperature of 18.5K in PuCoGa$_5$. Irrespective to the type of boson, the characteristic boson frequency is found to be $\sim 150 K$ from the resistivity fitting. The spin fluctuation model is most consistent with the experimental resistivity, successfully explaining the anomalous temperature dependence ($\sim \frac{T^2}{150 K +T}$) at low temperatures as well as the saturation behavior at high temperatures. Assuming that the pairing state is non s-wave, the large residual resistivity $\rho_{imp} \sim 20 \mu \Omega cm \sim 120 K$ suggests that an ideally pure sample of PuCoGa$_5$ would have a maximum T$_c$ of 39 K.

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