Destruction of superconductivity at the onset of long-range magnetic order in the compound ErRh4B4

W. A. Fertig, D. C. Johnston, L. E. DeLong, R. W. McCallum, M. B. Maple, B. T. Matthias

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Abstract

The compound ErRh4B4 becomes superconducting at a critical temperature Tc1 of 8.7 K followed by a return to the normal state at a second critical temperature Tc2 of 0.9 K. The return to the normal state at Tc2 is coincident with the occurrence of long-range ordering of the magnetic moments of the Er3+ ions which completely occupy a set of equivalent lattice sites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)987-990
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume38
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 1977

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow.

Funding Information:
Research supported by the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration under Contract No. ERDA E(04-3)-34 PA227.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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