266 research outputs found
Anisotropic magnetic properties of CeAgGe single crystal
In order to investigate the anisotropic magnetic properties of
CeAgGe, we have successfully grown the single crystals, for the first
time, by high temperature solution growth (flux) method. We have performed a
detailed study of the grown single crystals by measuring their electrical
resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, magnetization, specific heat and
magnetoresistance. A clear anisotropy and an antiferromagnetic transition at
= 4.6 K have been observed in the magnetic properties. The magnetic
entropy reaches ln 4 at 20 K indicating that the ground state and the first
excited state are very closely spaced (a quasi-quartet state). From the
specific heat measurements and crystalline electric field (CEF) analysis of the
magnetic susceptibility, we have found the level splitting energies as 5 K and
130 K. The magnetization measurements reveal that the a-axis is the easy axis
of magnetization and the saturation moment is = 1.6 /Ce, corroborating the previous neutron diffraction measurements on a
polycrystalline sample.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev.
Emergent Nodal Excitations due to the Coexistence of Superconductivity and Antiferromagnetism: Cases with and without Inversion Symmetry
We argue the emergence of nodal excitations due to the coupling with static
antiferromagnetic order in fully-gapped superconducting states in both cases
with and without inversion symmetry. This line node structure is not
accompanied with the sign change of the superconducting gap, in contrast to
usual unconventional Cooper pairs with higher angular momenta. In the case
without inversion symmetry, the stability of the nodal excitations crucially
depends on the direction of the antiferromagnetic staggered magnetic moment. A
possible realization of this phenomenon in CePtSi is discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 7 figure
Nonuniform Spin Triplet Superconductivity due to Antisymmetric Spin-Orbit Coupling in Noncentrosymmetric Superconductor CePtSi
We show that the nonuniform state (Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO)
state) of the spin triplet superconductivity in noncentrosymmetric systems is
stabilized by antisymmetric spin-orbit coupling even if the magnetic field is
absent. The transition temperature of the spin triplet superconductivity is
reduced by the antisymmetric spin-orbit coupling in general. This pair breaking
effect is shown to be similar to the Pauli pair breaking effect due to magnetic
field for the spin singlet superconductivity, in which FFLO state is stabilized
near the Pauli limit (or Chandrasekhar-Clogston limit) of external magnetic
field. Since there are gapless excitations in nonuniform superconducting state,
some physical quantities such as specific heat and penetration depth should
obey the power low temperature-dependences. We discuss the possibility of the
realization of nonuniform state in CePtSi.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure
Sequential star formation at the periphery of the HII regions Sh 217 and Sh 219
The HII regions Sh 217 and Sh 219 are textbook examples of a Stromgren sphere
surrounded by an annular photodissociation region (PDR). The annular PDR is
observed in both the 21 cm atomic hydrogen emission and the dust (PAH) emission
near 8 micron (MSX Survey). An ultracompact radio continuum source is observed
in the direction of the annular PDR, in both Sh 217 and Sh 219. JHKobservations
show the presence of highly reddened stellar clusters (AV ~ 20 mag) in the
directions of these radio sources. These clusters are also IRAS sources, of
luminosities 22700 Lo for Sh 217 and 5900 Lo for Sh 219. Each cluster contains
at least one luminous star with an IR colour excess; the one in the Sh 219
cluster shows H-alpha emission. The cluster associated with Sh 217 is almost
spherical and contains luminous objects at its centre. The cluster associated
with Sh 219 is elongated along the ionization front of this HII region. We
argue that these are `second-generation clusters', which means that the
physical conditions present in the PDRs, close to the ionization fronts, have
favoured the formation of clusters containing massive objects. We discuss the
physical mechanisms which may be at the origin of the observed triggered star
formation.Comment: 12 pages, Late
Strong-Coupling Superconductivity of CeIrSi with the Non-centrosymmetric Crystal Structure
We studied the pressure-induced superconductor CeIrSi with the
non-centrosymmetric tetragonal structure under high pressure. The electrical
resistivity and ac heat capacity were measured in the same run for the same
sample. The critical pressure was determined to be = 2.25 GPa,
where the antiferromagnetic state disappears. The heat capacity
shows both antiferromagnetic and superconducting transitions at pressures close
to . On the other hand, the superconducting region is extended to
high pressures of up to about 3.5 GPa, with the maximum transition temperature
= 1.6 K around GPa. At 2.58 GPa, a large heat capacity
anomaly was observed at = 1.59 K. The jump of the heat capacity in
the form of is 5.7 0.1.
This is the largest observed value among previously reported superconductors,
indicating the strong-coupling superconductivity. The electronic specific heat
coefficient at is, however, approximately unchanged as a function
of pressure, even at .Comment: This paper will be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. on the August
issue of 200
Microscopic Mechanism and Pairing Symmetry of Superconductivity in the Noncentrosymmetric Heavy Fermion Systems CeRhSI and CeIrSi
We study the pairing symmetry of the noncentrosymmetric heavy fermion
superconductors CeRhSi and CeIrSi under pressures, which are both
antiferromagnets at ambient pressure. We solve the Eliashberg equation by means
of the random phase approximation and find that the mixed state of extended
s-wave and p-wave rather than the wave state could be realized by
enhanced antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations. It is elucidated that the gap
function has line nodes on the Fermi surface and the resulting density of state
in the superconducting state shows a similar character to that of usual d-wave
superconductors, resulting in the NMR relaxation rate that exhibits
no coherence peak and behaves like at low temperatures
Thermodynamic Studies on Non Centrosymmetric Superconductors by AC Calorimetry under High Pressures
We investigated the non centrosymmetric superconductors CePtSi and UIr by
the ac heat capacity measurement under pressures. We determined the pressure
phase diagrams of these compounds. In CePtSi, the N\'{e}el temperature
= 2.2 K decreases with increasing pressure and becomes zero at the
critical pressure 0.6 GPa. On the other hand, the
superconducting phase exists in a wider pressure region from ambient pressure
to 1.5 GPa. The phase diagram of CePtSi is very
unique and has never been reported before for other heavy fermion
superconductors. In UIr, the heat capacity shows an anomaly at the Curie
temperature = 46 K at ambient pressure, and the heat capacity
anomaly shifts to lower temperatures with increasing pressure. The present
pressure dependence of was consistent with the previous studies by
the resistivity and magnetization measurements. Previous ac magnetic
susceptibility and resistivity measurements suggested the existence of three
ferromagnetic phases, FM1-3. shows a bending structure at 1.98,
2.21, and 2.40 GPa .The temperatures where these anomalies are observed are
close to the phase boundary of the FM3 phase.Comment: This paper was presented at the international workshop ``Novel
Pressure-induced Phenomena in Condensed Matter Systems(NP2CMS)" August 26-29
2006, Fukuoka Japa
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