論文

査読有り
2016年2月

First-order superconducting transition of Sr2RuO4 investigated by magnetization and magnetic torque

JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
  • Shunichiro Kittaka
  • ,
  • Akira Kasahara
  • ,
  • Toshiro Sakakibara
  • ,
  • Daisuke Shibata
  • ,
  • Shingo Yonezawa
  • ,
  • Yoshiteru Maeno
  • ,
  • Kenichi Tenya
  • ,
  • Kazushige Machida

400
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.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.07.004
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000366157600018&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.07.004
  • ISSN : 0304-8853
  • eISSN : 1873-4766
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000366157600018

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