Novel superconductivity and magnetism in CePt3Si

E. Bauer, G. Hilscher, H. Michor, M. Sieberer, E. W. Scheidt, A. Gribanov, Yu Seropegin, P. Rogl, W. Y. Song, J. G. Park, D. T. Adroja, A. Amato, M. Nicklas, G. Sparn, M. Yogi, Y. Kitaoka

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Abstract

CePt3Si exhibits antiferromagnetic order at TN ≈ 2.2 K and superconductivity (SC) at Tc ≈ 0.75 K. Large values of H′c2 ≈ -8.5 T/K and Hc2(0) ≈ 5 T indicate Cooper pairs formed out of heavy quasiparticles. The mass enhancement originates from Kondo interaction with a characteristic temperature TK ≈ 8 K. NMR and μSR measurements evidence coexistence of SC and long-range magnetic order on a microscopic scale. Moreover, CePt3Si is the first heavy-fermion SC without an inversion symmetry. This gives rise to a novel type of the NMR relaxation rate 1/T1 never reported before for other heavy-fermion superconductors. Studies of Si/Ge substitution allow us to establish a phase diagram.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)D401-D406
JournalCzechoslovak Journal of Physics
Volume54
Issue numberSUPPL. 4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CePtSi
  • Magnetic order
  • Superconductivity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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