pith. sign in

arxiv: cond-mat/0302089 · v1 · submitted 2003-02-04 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el · cond-mat.supr-con

Specific heat at the transition in a superconductor with fluctuating magnetic moments

classification ❄️ cond-mat.str-el cond-mat.supr-con
keywords transitionmagneticsuperconductingcecoinfindmomentstemperaturebelow
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

In the heavy-fermion materials CeCoIn$_5$ and UBe$_{13}$, the superconducting order parameter is coupled to flucutating magnetization of the uncompensated part of the localized $f$-moments. We find that this coupling decreases the superconducting transition temperature and increases the jump of the specific-heat coefficient, which indicates entropy transfer from the magnetic to the superconducting degree of freedom at the transition temperature. Below the transition, we find that the magnetic fluctuations are suppressed. We discuss the relation of our results to experiments on CeCoIn$_5$ under pressure.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.