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Title: Avoided valence transition in a plutonium superconductor

Journal Article · · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Materials Science of Actinides (MSA)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0001089
OSTI ID:
1210539
Journal Information:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 112; Related Information: MSA partners with University of Notre Dame (lead); University of California, Davis; Florida State University; George Washington University; University of Michigan; University of Minnesota; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oregon state University; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Savannah River National Laboratory
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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The Dominant Role of Critical Valence Fluctuations on High $T_{\rm c}$ Superconductivity in Heavy Fermions text January 2017
Origin of the multiple configurations that drive the response of δ-plutonium’s elastic moduli to temperature journal September 2016
Role of correlations in determining the Van Hove strain in Sr 2 RuO 4 journal December 2019
Gap Symmetry of the Heavy Fermion Superconductor CeCu 2 Si 2 at Ambient Pressure journal May 2018
Resonant torsion magnetometry in anisotropic quantum materials journal September 2018
Spatial control of heavy-fermion superconductivity in CeIrIn 5 journal October 2019
The dominant role of critical valence fluctuations on high Tc superconductivity in heavy fermions journal August 2018
Probing Magnetism in the Vortex Phase of PuCoGa 5 by X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism journal October 2017
Structural and magnetic properties of antiferromagnetic Ce 2 IrGa 12 journal January 2020
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