Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2007-09-14
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
This paper is prepared for ``5th International Conference on Magnetic and Superconducting Materials, MSM07 (25th-30th Septembe
Scientific paper
We have carried out high pressure experiment on the pressure-induced superconductor CeIrSi$_3$ without inversion center. The electrical resistivity and ac heat capacity were measured in the same run for the same sample. The critical pressure of the antiferromagnetic state was determined to be $P_{\rm c}$ = 2.25 GPa. The heat capacity $C_{\rm ac}$ shows both antiferromagnetic and superconducting transitions at pressures close to $P_{\rm c}$. The superconducting transition temperature $T_{\rm sc}$ shows a maximum value of 1.6 K around $2.5-2.7$ GPa. At 2.58 GPa, a large heat capacity anomaly was observed at $T_{\rm sc}$ = 1.59 K. The jump of the heat capacity in the form of ${\Delta}{C_{\rm ac}}/C_{\rm ac}(T_{\rm sc})$ is 5.7 $\pm$ 0.1. This is the largest value observed among all superconductors studied previously, suggesting the strong-coupling superconductivity in CeIrSi$_3$. The large magnitude and anisotropy of the upper critical field $B_{\rm c2}$ at 2.65 GPa is discussed from view points of the strong-coupling superconductivity and the reduced paramagnetic effect in the non-centrosymmetric superconductor. Above $P_{\rm c}$, the electrical resistivity shows the anomalous $T$-linear dependence in the wide temperature region from $T_{\rm sc}$ to 30 K, which is different from the Fermi liquid theory. Meanwhile, the heat capacity $C_{\rm ac}/T$ shows a simple temperature dependence in the normal state above $T_{\rm sc}$. These features do not seem to be explained simply by the spin fluctuation theory. The electronic specific heat coefficient at $T_{\rm sc}$ is approximately unchanged as a function of pressure, even at $P_{\rm c}$.
Haga Yoshinori
Ikeda Shugo
Matsuda Tatsuma D.
Miyauchi Yuichiro
Okuda Yusuke
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