Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
1999-03-22
Phys. Rev. B60 (1999) 10527-10538
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
25 pages text (PS), 8 pages with 14 figures (PS), submitted to Phys.Rev.B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.60.10527
The effect of Pd doping on the superconducting phase diagram of the unconventional superconductor UPt3 has been measured by (magneto)resistance, specific heat, thermal expansion and magnetostriction. Experiments on single- and polycrystalline U(Pt1-xPdx)3 for x<= 0.006 show that the superconducting transition temperatures of the A phase, Tc+, and of the B phase, Tc-, both decrease, while the splitting DTc increases at a rate of 0.30(2)K/at.%Pd. We find that DTc(x) correlates with an increase of the weak magnetic moment m(x) upon Pd doping. This provides further evidence for Ginzburg-Landau scenarios with magnetism as the symmetry breaking field, i.e. the 2D E representation and the 1D odd parity model. Only for small splittings DTc is proportional to m^2(Tc+) (DTc<= 0.05 K) as predicted. The results at larger splittings call for Ginzburg-Landau expansions beyond 4th order. The tetracritical point in the B-T plane persists till at least x= 0.002 for B perpendicular to c, while it is rapidly suppressed for B||c. Upon alloying the A and B phases gain stability at the expense of the C phase.
Franse J. J. M.
Graf Matthias. J.
Keizer R. J.
Menovsky A. A.
Visser Anne de
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