Superconductivity in plutonium compounds

Sarrao, John Louis; Bauer, Eric Dietzgen; Mitchell, Jeremy Neil; Tobash, Paul H.; Thompson, Joe David

doi:10.1016/j.physc.2015.02.031

Title: Superconductivity in plutonium compounds

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Although the family of plutonium-based superconductors is relatively small, consisting of four compounds all of which crystallize in the tetragonal HoCoGa₅ structure, these materials serve as an important bridge between the known Ce- and U-based heavy fermion superconductors and the high-temperature cuprate superconductors. Additionally, the partial localization of 5f electrons that characterizes the novel electronic properties of elemental plutonium appears to be central to the relatively high superconducting transition temperatures that are observed in PuCoGa₅, PuRhGa₅, PuCoIn₅, and PuRhIn₅.

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Sarrao, John Louis ^[1];

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1454982

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1250171

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-20005
Journal ID: ISSN 0921-4534; TRN: US1901182

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physica. C, Superconductivity

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 514; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0921-4534

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Plutonium; Superconductivity; PuCoGa5

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                    Sarrao, John Louis, Bauer, Eric Dietzgen, Mitchell, Jeremy Neil, Tobash, Paul H., and Thompson, Joe David. Superconductivity in plutonium compounds.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Sarrao, John Louis, Bauer, Eric Dietzgen, Mitchell, Jeremy Neil, Tobash, Paul H., & Thompson, Joe David. Superconductivity in plutonium compounds.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2015.02.031

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@article{osti_1454982,

  title        = {Superconductivity in plutonium compounds},

  author       = {Sarrao, John Louis and Bauer, Eric Dietzgen and Mitchell, Jeremy Neil and Tobash, Paul H. and Thompson, Joe David},

  abstractNote = {Although the family of plutonium-based superconductors is relatively small, consisting of four compounds all of which crystallize in the tetragonal HoCoGa5 structure, these materials serve as an important bridge between the known Ce- and U-based heavy fermion superconductors and the high-temperature cuprate superconductors. Additionally, the partial localization of 5f electrons that characterizes the novel electronic properties of elemental plutonium appears to be central to the relatively high superconducting transition temperatures that are observed in PuCoGa5, PuRhGa5, PuCoIn5, and PuRhIn5.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.physc.2015.02.031},

  journal      = {Physica. C, Superconductivity},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 514,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2015}

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