Abstract
A correlation between the ratio of the Fermi temperature TF* and the Debye temperature θD and the occurrence of superconductivity or magnetic order is described. Values of TF*/θD≫ 1 are found to favor "conventional" superconductivity, whereas TF*/θD≲ 1 favors magnetic order. "Heavy fermion" superconductivity is found to be restricted to the case TF*/θD < 1.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-5 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1986 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:* Paper presented at the International Conference on Anomalous Rare Earths and Actinides, Valence Fluctua-tion and Heavy Fermions, Grenoble, France, 7-11 July 1986. Work supported by the US Department of Energy, BES-Materials Sciences, under Contract #W-31-109-ENG-38. ** Permanent address: Department of Physics and Astron-omy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics