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Superconducting properties of the pyrochlore oxide Cd2Re2O7
We report the superconducting properties of the pyrochlore oxide Cd2Re2O7.
The bulk superconducting transition temperature Tc is about 1.0 K, and the
upper critical field Hc2 determined by the measurement of specific heat under
magnetic fields is 0.29 T. The superconducting coherence length is estimated to
be 34 nm. Specific heat data measured on single crystals suggest that the
superconducting gap of Cd2Re2O7 is nodeless.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, to be published in J. Chem. Phys. Solid
Magnetotransport and the upper critical magnetic field in MgB2
Magnetotransport measurements are presented on polycrystalline MgB2 samples.
The resistive upper critical magnetic field reveals a temperature dependence
with a positive curvature from Tc = 39.3 K down to about 20 K, then changes to
a slightly negative curvature reaching 25 T at 1.5 K. The 25- Tesla upper
critical field is much higher than what is known so far on polycrystals of MgB2
but it is in agreement with recent data obtained on epitaxial MgB2 films. The
deviation of Bc2(T) from standard BCS might be due to the proposed two-gap
superconductivity in this compound. The observed quadratic normal-state
magnetoresistance with validity of Kohler's rule can be ascribed to classical
trajectory effects in the low-field limit.Comment: 6 pages, incl. 3 figure
Superconducting Properties of MgB2 Bulk Materials Prepared by High Pressure Sintering
High-density bulk materials of a newly discovered 40K intermetallic MgB2
superconductor were prepared by high pressure sintering. Superconducting
transition with the onset temperature of 39K was confirmed by both magnetic and
resistive measurements. Magnetization versus field (M-H) curve shows the
behavior of a typical Type II superconductor and the lower critical field
Hc1(0) estimated from M-H curve is 0.032T. The bulk sample shows good
connection between grains and critical current density Jc estimated from the
magnetization hysteresis using sample size was 2x104A/cm2 at 20K and 1T. Upper
critical field Hc2(0) determined by extrapolating the onset of resistive
transition and assuming a dirty limit is 18T.Comment: 3Pages PD
Low-Temperature Rapid Synthesis and Superconductivity of Fe-Based Oxypnictide Superconductors
we were able to develop a novel method to synthesize Fe-based oxypnictide
superconductors. By using LnAs and FeO as the starting materials and a
ball-milling process prior to solid-state sintering, Tc as high as 50.7 K was
obtained with the sample of Sm 0.85Nd0.15FeAsO0.85F0.15 prepared by sintering
at temperatures as low as 1173 K for times as short as 20 min.Comment: 2 pages,2 figures, 1 tabl
Temperature dependence of the superheating field for superconductors in the high-k London limit
We study the metastability of the superheated Meissner state in type II
superconductors with k >> 1 beyond Ginzburg-Landau theory, which is applicable
only in the vicinity of the critical temperature. Within Eilenberger's
semiclassical approximation, we use the local electrodynamic response of the
superconductor to derive a generalized thermodynamic potential valid at any
temperature. The stability analysis of this functional yields the temperature
dependence of the superheating field. Finally, we comment on the implications
of our results for superconducting cavities in particle accelerators.Comment: 7.5 pages, 2 figure
Enhancement of Superconductivity in Disordered Films by Parallel Magnetic Field
We show that the superconducting transition temperature T_c(H) of a very thin
highly disordered film with strong spin-orbital scattering can be increased by
parallel magnetic field H. This effect is due to polarization of magnetic
impurity spins which reduces the full exchange scattering rate of electrons;
the largest effect is predicted for spin-1/2 impurities. Moreover, for some
range of magnetic impurity concentrations the phenomenon of {\it
superconductivity induced by magnetic field} is predicted: superconducting
transition temperature T_c(H) is found to be nonzero in the range of magnetic
fields .Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Two types of Hc2(T) dependences in Bi_2Sr_2Ca_(1-x)Y_xCu_2O_(8+delta) with different Yttrium content
We reanalyze the magnetization data collected on
Bi_2Sr_2Ca_(1-x)Y_xCu_2O_(8+y) samples (Kim at al, Phys. Rev. B 72, 64525
(2005)) and argue that the method, which was used for the analysis of
equilibrium magnetization data, is not adequate to the experimental situation.
As a result, the temperature dependencies of the upper critical field Hc2(T)
and the magnetic field penetration depth lambda (T), obtained in this work, are
misinterpreted. Using a different approach to analysis, we demonstrate that the
normalizedHc2(T) curves are rather different from those presented in the
original publication and do not follow predictions of the
Werthamer-Helfand-Hohenberg theory. Another important observation is that the
Hc2(T) dependencies for two samples with different levels of doping are
qualitatively different.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
The BCS critical temperature in a weak external electric field via a linear two-body operator
We study the critical temperature of a superconductive material in a weak
external electric potential via a linear approximation of the BCS functional.
We reproduce a similar result as in [Frank, Hainzl, Seiringer, Solovej, 2016]
using the strategy introduced in [Frank, Hainzl, Langmann, 2018], where we
considered the case of an external constant magnetic field.Comment: Dedicated to Herbert Spohn on the occasion of his seventieth
birthday; 29 page
Fluctuation and Order of Antiferromagnetism induced by Paramagnetic Pair-Breaking in Superconducting Vortex Lattice
Effects of the strong Pauli-paramagnetic pair-breaking (PPB) on the vortex
lattice in d-wave superconductors are theoretically studied by putting emphasis
on consequences of the PPB-induced antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering in the
spatial modulation in the vortex lattice. It is shown that the PPB-induced AFM
fluctuation in the superconducting state leads to an enhancement of the vortex
lattice form factor which is a measure of spatial variations of the internal
magnetic field and that the enhancement becomes more remarkable as an AFM
instability is approached. It is also demonstrated that the PPB-induced AFM
ordering is assisted by the vortex-lattice modulation, and thus, that the
resulting AFM order is spatially modulated, while it is not localized in the
vortex cores but coexistent with the nonvanishing superconducting order
parameter. These results are discussed in connection with two phenomena
observed in CeCoIn5, the anomalous field dependence of the vortex lattice form
factor and the AFM order appearing inside the high-field and low-temperature
superconducting phase.Comment: 26 pages, 13 figure
The BCS Critical Temperature in a Weak External Electric Field via a Linear Two-Body Operator
We study the critical temperature of a superconductive material in a weak external electric potential via a linear approximation of the BCS functional. We reproduce a similar result as in Frank et al. (Commun Math Phys 342(1):189–216, 2016, [5]) using the strategy introduced in Frank et al. (The BCS critical temperature in a weak homogeneous magnetic field, [2]), where we considered the case of an external constant magnetic field
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