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Superconductivity in Heavy Alkaline-Earths Intercalated Graphites

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arxiv cond-mat/0703817 v2 pith:M3EGIHHU submitted 2007-03-30 cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Superconductivity in Heavy Alkaline-Earths Intercalated Graphites

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keywords src6cac6superconductivityalkaline-earthsanisotropicanisotropyanomalybac6
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We report the discovery of superconductivity below 1.65(6) K in Sr-intercalated graphite SrC6, by susceptibility and specific heat (Cp) measurements. In comparison with CaC6, we found that the anisotropy of the upper critical fields for SrC6 is much reduced. The Cp anomaly at Tc is smaller than the BCS prediction indicating an anisotropic superconducting gap for SrC6 similar to CaC6. The significantly lower Tc of SrC6 as compared to CaC6 can be understood in terms of "negative" pressure effects, which decreases the electron-phonon coupling for both in-plane intercalant and the out-of-plane C phonon modes. We observed no superconductivity for BaC6 down to 0.3 K.

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