2016年2月
First-order superconducting transition of Sr2RuO4 investigated by magnetization and magnetic torque
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
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- 巻
- 400
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- 開始ページ
- 81
- 終了ページ
- 83
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.07.004
- 出版者・発行元
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
The first-order superconducting transition, recently discovered in a long-standing candidate for a spin-triplet chiral-p-wave superconductor Sr2RuO4, is mysterious because it is not expected within the present scenario of spin-triplet superconductivity. To uncover its mechanism, we have measured the magnetization and the magnetic torque using an ultra-clean single crystal of Sr2RuO4 down to 0.1 K. In this study, the magnetic-field orientation has been controlled with a high precision within the accuracy of 0.01 degrees. We observed a sharp magnetization jump of as large as 0.01 emu/g with a field hysteresis of 100 Oe at 0.1 K. With increasing temperature, this magnetization jump decreases and diminishes above 0.8 K. The magnetic torque indicates that the first-order transition occurs only when the magnetic field is applied close to the ab plane within 2 degrees deviation. These features of the first-order transition provide the keystone issues whose resolution is crucial in uncovering a "hidden" pair-breaking mechanism within the triplet-pairing scenario, or might urge the reconsideration of the order parameter in Sr2RuO4. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.07.004
- ISSN : 0304-8853
- eISSN : 1873-4766
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000366157600018