Critical Fields of Ube13 Films

  • J. H. Kang
  • J. Maps
  • A. M. Goldman
  • J. S. Brooks
  • Z. Fisk
  • J. L. Smith
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Abstract

The temperature dependences of the parallel and perpendicular critical magnetic fields of polycrystalline Ube13 films have been measured. The ratio of the critical fields, Hc11/Hc⊥, has been found to be 1.25 at low temperatures, a value less than would be expected for s-wave pairing without surface pair-breaking but greater than expected for any pairing configuration which is a pure angular momentum state with L ≠ 0. Similar efforts directed at the preparation of UPt3 films were unsuccessful because of the formation of an impurity phase of UPt which is a ferromagnet.

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Critical Field Heavy Fermion Proximity Effect Zero Magnetic Field Heavy Fermion System 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • J. H. Kang
    • 1
  • J. Maps
    • 1
  • A. M. Goldman
    • 1
  • J. S. Brooks
    • 2
  • Z. Fisk
    • 3
  • J. L. Smith
    • 3
  1. 1.School of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Minnesota MinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
  2. 2.Department of PhysicsBoston UniversityBostonUSA
  3. 3.Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos AlamosUSA

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