Phase-transition splitting caused in exotic superconductors by impurities

Journal Article · Sun Dec 09 23:00:00 EST 1984 · JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5952017

Volovik, G E; Khmel'nitskii, D E

The observed splitting of the superconducting transition in U/sub 1-x/Th/sub x/Be/sub 13/ is explained on the basis that with increasing temperature the thorium impurity initially disrupts the orientational long-range order characteristic of exotic superconductors )G. E. Volovik and L. P. Gor'kov, Pis'ma Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 39, 550 (1984) (JETP Lett. 39, 550 (1984))). The superconducting state is destroyed during a second transition.

• Research Organization: L. D. Landau Institute of Theoretical Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
• OSTI ID: 5952017
• Journal Information: JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 40:11; ISSN JTPLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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