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Effect of pressure on spin fluctuations and superconductivity in heavy-fermion UPt/sub 3/

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)
We have determined the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the susceptibility, on the T/sup 2/ temperature dependence of the spin-fluctuation resistivity, and on superconductivity in UPt/sub 3/. The spin-fluctuation temperature T/sub s/, derived from the slope of resistivity versus T/sup 2/, is used within a Fermi-liquid picture to calculate the susceptibility chi at T = 0 K. The depression of this calculated chi with pressure agrees with the directly measured value partial lnchi/partialP = -24 Mbar/sup -1/. Both the superconducting transition temperature T/sub c/ and the initial slope of the upper critical field also decrease under pressure. We find that partial lnT/sub c//partialP = -25 Mbar/sup -1/ and speculate upon correlations between chi and T/sub c/.
Research Organization:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
OSTI ID:
6222808
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 31:3; ISSN PRBMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English