Coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCu2(Si1-xGex)(2) probed by means of Cu nuclear quadrupole resonance - a test case for the SO(5) theory
Y. Kitaoka et al., Coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCu2(Si1-xGex)(2) probed by means of Cu nuclear quadrupole resonance - a test case for the SO(5) theory, J PHYS-COND, 13(4), 2001, pp. L79-L88
We report, on the basis of Cu nuclear quadrupole resonance measurements, th
at superconductivity (SC) and antiferromagnetism (AF) coexist on a microsco
pic level in CeCu2(Si1-xGex)(2), once a tiny amount of 1% Ge (x = 0.01) is
substituted for Si. This coexistence arises because Ge substitution expands
the unit-cell volume in nearly homogeneous CeCu2Si2 where the SC coexists
with slowly fluctuating magnetic waves. We propose that the underlying exot
ic phases of SC and AF in nearly homogeneous and in slightly Ge-substituted
CeCu2Si2 can be accounted for on the basis of the SQ(5) theory that unifie
s: the SC and AE We suggest that the SC and AF in CeCu2Si2 have a common me
chanism.