UNUSUAL B-T PHASE-DIAGRAM OF THE HEAVY-FERMION SUPERCONDUCTOR CECU2SI2

Citation
G. Bruls et al., UNUSUAL B-T PHASE-DIAGRAM OF THE HEAVY-FERMION SUPERCONDUCTOR CECU2SI2, Physical review letters, 72(11), 1994, pp. 1754-1757
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
72
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1754 - 1757
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)72:11<1754:UBPOTH>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Elastic constant and thermal expansion data for a high quality single crystal of CeCu2Si2 are presented. The data yield a detailed B-T phase diagram exhibiting a previously unknown high-field phase. From the un usual behavior of the elastic constants and the thermal expansion on e ntering the superconducting phase we deduce that, in contrast to other heavy-fermion superconductors, the superconducting phase of CeCU2Si2 does not coexist with the surrounding phase.