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Comments on "Vortex Glass and Lattice Melting Transitions in a YNi_2B_2C Single Crystal"
Recently, Mun et.al. (Phys. Rev. Lett., 76, 2790 (1996)) have published their
results on single crystal YNi_2B_2C, claiming that their experimental
observations can be explained in terms of formation of Vortex Glass and Lattice
melting. Our experiments, carried out on samples obtained from the SAME source,
reveal a much richer phase diagram and span wider regions of experimental
parameter space than Mun et. al. that encompasses most of their observations.
We speculate that this material has anomalous intrinsic properties and the
results cannot be explained by simple models about the flux lattice.Comment: 1 page, LaTeX type, 1 PostScript figure, Uses PRABIB.STY file, 600
dpi PS file available at http://sagar.physics.neu.edu/preprints.html To
appear in Physical Review Letter
Crystal growth and annealing study of fragile, non-bulk superconductivity in YFeGe
We investigated the occurrence and nature of superconductivity in single
crystals of YFeGe grown out of Sn flux by employing x-ray diffraction,
electrical resistivity, and specific heat measurements. We found that the
residual resistivity ratio (RRR) of single crystals can be greatly improved,
reaching as high as 60, by decanting the crystals from the molten Sn at
350C and/or by annealing at temperatures between 550C and
600C. We found that samples with RRR 34 showed resistive
signatures of superconductivity with the onset of the superconducting
transition K. RRR values vary between 35 and 65 with, on
average, no systematic change in value, indicating that systematic
changes in RRR do not lead to comparable changes in . Specific heat
measurements on samples that showed clear resistive signatures of a
superconducting transition did not show any signature of a superconducting
phase transition, which suggests that the superconductivity observed in this
compound is either some sort of filamentary, strain stabilized
superconductivity associated with small amounts of stressed YFeGe
(perhaps at twin boundaries or dislocations) or is a second crystallographic
phase present at levels below detection capability of conventional powder x-ray
techniques.Comment: 8 pages, 11 figure
Remarkably robust and correlated coherence and antiferromagnetism in (CeLa)CuGe
We present magnetic susceptibility, resistivity, specific heat, and
thermoelectric power measurements on (CeLa)CuGe single
crystals (0 1). With La substitution, the antiferromagnetic
temperature is suppressed in an almost linear fashion and moves below
0.36 K, the base temperature of our measurements for 0.8. Surprisingly, in
addition to robust antiferromagnetism, the system also shows low temperature
coherent scattering below up to 0.9 of La, indicating a small
percolation limit 9 of Ce that separates a coherent regime from a
single-ion Kondo impurity regime. as a function of magnetic field was
found to have different behavior for 0.9. Remarkably,
at = 0 was found to be linearly proportional to . The
jump in the magnetic specific heat at as a function of
for (CeLa)CuGe follows the theoretical prediction
based on the molecular field calculation for the = 1/2 resonant level
model
Direct Observation of High-Temperature Polaronic Behavior In Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites
The temperature dependence of the electronic and atomic structure of the
colossal magnetoresistive oxides (x = 0.3, 0.4) has
been studied using core and valence level photoemission, x-ray absorption and
emission, and extended x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. A dramatic
and reversible change of the electronic structure is observed on crossing the
Curie temperature, including charge localization and spin moment increase of
Mn, together with Jahn-Teller distortions, both signatures of polaron
formation. Our data are also consistent with a phase-separation scenario.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, revte
Anisotropic Hc2 of K0.8Fe1.76Se2 determined up to 60 T
The anisotropic upper critical field, Hc2(T), curves for K0.8Fe1.76Se2 are
determined over a wide range of temperatures down to 1.5 K and magnetic fields
up to 60 T. Anisotropic initial slopes of Hc2 ~ -1.4 T/K and -4.6 T/K for
magnetic field applied along c-axis and ab-plane, respectively, were observed.
Whereas the c-axis Hc2|c(T) increases quasi-linearly with decreasing
temperature, the ab-plane Hc2|ab(T) shows a flattening, starting near 25 K
above 30 T. This leads to a non-monotonic temperature dependence of the
anisotropy parameter \gamma= Hc2|ab/Hc2|c. The anisotropy parameter is ~ 2 near
Tc ~ 32 K and rises to a maximum \gamma ~ 3.6 around 27 K. For lower
temperatures, \gamma decreases with T in a linear fashion, dropping to \gamma ~
2.5 by T ~ 18 K. Despite the apparent differences between the K0.8Fe1.76Se2 and
(Ba0.55K0.45)Fe2As2 or Ba(Fe0.926Co0.074)2As2, in terms of the magnetic state
and proximity to an insulating state, the Hc2(T) curves are remarkably similar.Comment: slightly modified version, accepted to PRB, Rapid Communication
Thermoelectric power of Ba(Fe1-xRux)2As2 and Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2: possible changes of Fermi surface with and without changes in electron count
Temperature-dependent, in-plane, thermoelectric power (TEP) data are
presented for Ba(Fe1-xRux)2As2 (0 < x < 0.36) single crystals. The previously
outlined x - T phase diagram for this system is confirmed. The analysis of TEP
evolution with Ru-doping suggests significant changes in the electronic
structure, correlations and/or scattering occurring near ~7% and ~30% of
Ru-doping levels. These results are compared with an extended set of TEP data
for the electron-doped Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 series
Effect of sintering temperature under high pressure in the uperconductivity for MgB2
We report the effect of the sintering temperature on the superconductivity of
MgB2 pellets prepared under a high pressure of 3 GPa. The superconducting
properties of the non-heated MgB2 in this high pressure were poor. However, as
the sintering temperature increased, the superconducting properties were vastly
enhanced, which was shown by the narrow transition width for the resistivity
and the low-field magnetizations. This shows that heat treatment under high
pressure is essential to improve superconducting properties. These changes were
found to be closely related to changes in the surface morphology observed using
scanning electron microscopy.Comment: 3 Pages including 3 figure
Multiple regions of quantum criticality in YbAgGe
Dilation and thermopower measurements on YbAgGe, a heavy-fermion
antiferromagnet, clarify and refine the magnetic field-temperature (H-T) phase
diagram and reveal a field-induced phase with T-linear resistivity. On the
low-H side of this phase we find evidence for a first-order transition and
suggest that YbAgGe at 4.5 T may be close to a quantum critical end point. On
the high-H side our results are consistent with a second-order transition
suppressed to a quantum critical point near 7.2 T. We discuss these results in
light of global phase diagrams proposed for Kondo lattice systems
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