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arxiv: 0902.0308 · v1 · pith:XNU6LK7Dnew · submitted 2009-02-02 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con

Evolution of the local superconducting density of states in ErRh₄B₄ close to the ferromagnetic transition

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We present local tunneling spectroscopy experiments in the superconducting and ferromagnetic phases of the reentrant superconductor ErRh$_4$B$_{4}$. The tunneling conductance curves jump from showing normal to superconducting features within a few mK close to the ferromagnetic transition temperature, with a clear hysteretic behavior. Within the ferromagnetic phase, we do not detect any superconducting correlations. Within the superconducting phase we find a peculiar V-shaped density of states at low energies, which is produced by the magnetically modulated phase that coexists with superconductivity just before ferromagnetism sets in.

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