Coexisting static magnetic order and superconductivity in CeCu sub 2 Si sub 2 found by nuclear quadrupole resonance

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.43.83· OSTI ID:6224599

Tien, C ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China (TW)

{sup 63}Cu nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) has been observed in a heavy-fermion system CeCu{sub 2}Si{sub 2}. In the superconducting CeCu{sub 2}Si{sub 2} specimens ({ital T}{sub {ital c}}{congruent}0.6 K), NQR experiments have revealed an onset of a phase transition below {similar to}1 K. Zero- and longitudinal-field muon-spin-relaxation measurements suggest a static magnetic ordering below {similar to}0.8 K, either in the spin-glass or in incommensurate spin-density-wave states. The exotic transition observed in NQR measurements should be closely related to the static magnetic ordering in muon-spin-relaxation measurements. NQR data from a nonsuperconducting CeCu{sub 2}Si{sub 2} sample are consistent with extensive disorder in Cu site occupation. Therefore, the spin-density wave may be depressed in the nonsuperconducting CeCu{sub 2}Si{sub 2}. The superconducting transition temperature {ital T}{sub {ital c}} can be enhanced by the presence of spin-density waves such that, if the spin-density wave is depressed, CeCu{sub 2}Si{sub 2} will lose its superconducting properties.

• OSTI ID: 6224599
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA), Vol. 43:1; ISSN 0163-1829
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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