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

Citation
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
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER
ISSN journal
09538984 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
L79 - L88
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-8984(20010129)13:4<L79:COSAAI>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
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.