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Initial slope of the upper critical field of the heavy fermion superconductor UPt/sub 3/

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OSTI ID:6762478
We have made low field measurements of the upper critical field as a function of temperature for all parallel and perpendicular configurations of magnetic field H, current I, and crystallographic orientation for UPt/sub 3/, the heavy fermion superconductor. The curves are quite linear for H parallel I, with slopes of -4.0 T/K for I in the basal plane and -6.3 T/K for I along the c-axis. For H perpendicular I the curves are concave upward near H = 0 and have a generally smaller slope than for the same field applied parallel to the current.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA); California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
6762478
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-84-1019; CONF-840842-6; ON: DE84009980
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English