Pressure dependence of the re-entrant superconducting phase boundaries of (LaCe)Al2 and La0.8Th0.2Ce alloys

P. H. Ansari, J. B. Bulman, J. G. Huber, L. E. DeLong, M. B. Maple

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Abstract

Measurements of the pressure dependence of the superconducting critical temperature (Tc) are reported for the re-entrant superconducting Kondo systems (LaCe)Al2 and La0.8Th0.2Ce.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1275-1276
Number of pages2
JournalPhysica B+C
Volume108
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1981

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or alloying of the La matrix with Th (6, 12) produces both superconducting and normal state data that are consistent with an increase of TE/Tco up to the pressure or Th concentration at which the Kondo or exchange model no longer provides an appropriate description. Thus, it would seem logical that the effect of applying an external pressure and alloying with Th would be additive, so that applying pressure to the La0, 8Th0, 2Ce system would result in an increase of TK/Tco. However, the data shown in Fig. 2 imply either that T K decreases with applied pressure, or that another regime of reentrant superconductive behavior be come s accessible at higher values of TI4/Tco. A second regime of re-entrant superconductive behav ior at higher pressure has, in fact, been predicted by Wiecko and Lopez (13) for systems in which Ce impurities undergo a pressure-induced demagnetization. Finally, the possible role of Ce-Ce interaction effects should not be overlooked. For example, Liu and Ruvalds (14) have recently suggested that RKt~Y coupling that favors ferromagnetic alignment of impurity magnetic moments can produce re-entrant superconductive behavior, Research supported by the National Science Foundation (PHA, JBB, and JGH) and the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AT03-7 6ER7 0227 (MBM).

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or alloying of the La matrix with Th (6, 12) produces both superconducting and normal state data that are consistent with an increase of TE/Tco up to the pressure or Th concentration at which the Kondo or exchange model no longer provides an appropriate description. Thus, it would seem logical that the effect of applying an external pressure and alloying with Th would be additive, so that applying pressure to the La0, 8Th0, 2Ce system would result in an increase of TK/Tco. However, the data shown in Fig. 2 imply either that T K decreases with applied pressure, or that another regime of reentrant superconductive behavior be come s accessible at higher values of TI4/Tco. A second regime of re-entrant superconductive behav ior at higher pressure has, in fact, been predicted by Wiecko and Lopez (13) for systems in which Ce impurities undergo a pressure-induced demagnetization. Finally, the possible role of Ce-Ce interaction effects should not be overlooked. For example, Liu and Ruvalds (14) have recently suggested that RKt~Y coupling that favors ferromagnetic alignment of impurity magnetic moments can produce re-entrant superconductive behavior, Research supported by the National Science Foundation (PHA, JBB, and JGH) and the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AT03-7 6ER7 0227 (MBM).

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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Michigan State University-U.S. Department of Energy (MSU-DOE) Plant Research LaboratoryDE-AT03-7 6ER7 0227
Jewish General Hospital

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