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Field-induced transition within the superconducting state of CeRh 2 As 2

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany.
  2. Department of Physics and MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
  3. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany.; Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, UK.
  4. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.
  5. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany.; Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany.

Not your usual superconductor

Most superconductors have only one superconducting phase. Khimet al. measured the magnetic susceptibility of the heavy fermion material CeRh2As2to reveal the presence of two distinct superconducting phases, one of which emerges from the other when an external magnetic field is applied (see the Perspective by Pourret and Knebel). The researchers ascribe the unusual properties of CeRh2As2to its crystal structure, which is globally centrosymmetric but consists of noncentrosymmetric layers. —JS

Research Organization:
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0021971
OSTI ID:
1853792
Journal Information:
Science, Vol. 373, Issue 6558; ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher:
AAAS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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