Enhancement of superconductivity near the ferromagnetic quantum critical point in UCoGe
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| Publication date | 2009 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | Issue number | 103 | 9 |
| Pages (from-to) | 097003 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
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| Abstract |
We report a high-pressure single crystal study of the superconducting ferromagnet UCoGe. Measurements of the ac susceptibility and resistivity under pressures up to 2.2 GPa show ferromagnetism is smoothly depressed and vanishes at a critical pressure p(c)=1.4 GPa. Near the ferromagnetic critical point superconductivity is enhanced. Upper-critical field measurements under pressure show B-c2(0) attains remarkably large values, which provides solid evidence for spin-triplet superconductivity over the whole pressure range. The obtained p-T phase diagram reveals superconductivity is closely connected to a ferromagnetic quantum-critical point hidden under the superconducting "dome."
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| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.097003 |
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