Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2007-10-02
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 76 (2007) 093704
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
4 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
10.1143/JPSJ.76.093704
We report on systematic study of superconducting characteristics and Pr crystalline-electric-field (CEF) levels of filled-skutterudite \pra ($T_{\rm c}$ = 2.33 K). The temperature dependences of the upper critical field $H_{\rm c2}$ and the Ginzburg-Landau (Maki) parameter $\kappa_2$ suggest an s-wave clean-limit superconductivity. The electronic specific heat coefficient $\gamma \sim 95$ mJ/K$^2$mol, being $\sim 1.5$ times larger than that for \lra, indicates $4f$-originating quasiparticle mass enhancement. Magnetic susceptibility $\chi(T)$ indicates that the CEF ground state is a $\Gamma_1$ singlet and a $\Gamma_4^{(1)}$ triplet first excited state lies at $\Delta_{\rm CEF}\sim 30$ K above. Systematic comparison among \pos, \prs, \pra and La-based reference compounds suggests that inelastic exchange- and aspherical-charge-scatterings of conduction electrons from CEF-split $4f$ levels play an essential role for the quasiparticle mass enhancement and the value of $T_{\rm c}$ in the Pr-based filled skutterudites.
Aoki Yasumichi
Haga Yoshinori
Matsuda Tatsuma D.
Namiki Takahiro
Sato Haruo
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