Field-induced phenomena in ferromagnetic superconductors UCoGe and URhGe

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Contributors

  • Dai Aoki - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (Author)
  • Mathieu Taupin - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (Author)
  • Carley Paulsen - , French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (Author)
  • Frédéric Hardy - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Author)
  • Valentin Taufour - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (Author)
  • Hisashi Kotegawa - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Kobe University (Author)
  • Elena Hassinger - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (Author)
  • Liam Malone - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (Author)
  • Tatsuma D. Matsuda - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Author)
  • Atsushi Miyake - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Osaka University (Author)
  • Ilya Sheikin - , French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (Author)
  • William Knafo - , French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (Author)
  • Georg Knebel - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (Author)
  • Ludovic Howald - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (Author)
  • Jean Pascal Brison - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (Author)
  • Jacques Flouquet - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (Author)

Abstract

We review our recent studies on ferromagnetic superconductors, UGe 2, URhGe and UCoGe, where the spin-triplet state with the so-called equal spin pairing is realized.We focus on experimental results of URhGe and UCoGe in which the superconductivity occurs already at ambient pressure. The huge upper critical field Hc2 on UCoGe for the field along the hard magnetization axis (b-axis) is confirmed by the AC susceptibility measurements by the fine tuning of field angle. Contrary to the huge Hc2 along the hard-magnetization axis, Hc2 along the easy-magnetization axis (c-axis) is relatively small in value. However, the initial slope of H c2, namely dHc2/dT (H → 0) both in UCoGe and in URhGe indicates the large value, which can be explained by the magnetic domain effect detected in the magnetization measurements. The specific heat measurements using a high quality single crystal of UCoGe demonstrate the bulk superconductivity, which is extended under magnetic field for the field along c-axis.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article numberSB002
JournalJournal of the Physical Society of Japan
Volume81
Issue numberSUPPL.B
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2012
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • AC susceptibility, Ferromagnetism, Magnetization, Resistivity, Specific heat, Superconducting upper critical field, Superconductivity, Uranium compound

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