Anisotropic dc magnetization of superconducting UPt3 and antiferromagneticordering below 20 mK

Citation
S. Schottl et al., Anisotropic dc magnetization of superconducting UPt3 and antiferromagneticordering below 20 mK, PHYS REV L, 82(11), 1999, pp. 2378-2381
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
82
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2378 - 2381
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(19990315)82:11<2378:ADMOSU>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We have measured the de magnetization of three high-quality single crystals of UPt3 with a SQUID magnetometer down to approximate to 5 mK in magnetic fields below 2 mT. With (B) over right arrow in the (c) over cap direction we find a double superconducting transition, while for (B) over right arrow parallel to (a) over cap we observe only one. At lower temperatures the te mperature dependence of the magnetization follows power laws indicating unc onventional behavior for the penetration depth. Below 20 mK a steep diamagn etic drop occurs, coinciding with the specific heat anomaly which we found earlier at 18 mK, pointing to static antiferromagnetic order.