2003/03/20 by P. -C. Ho, Ho, P. -C., N. A. Frederick +13
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el) #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #cond-mat.str-el #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0303405
10 pages, 5 figures, currently submitted to PRB:Rapid Communication
arxiv created 2003/03/20 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
The filled skutterudite compound PrOs4Sb12, the first example of a Pr-based heavy fermion superconductor, displays superconductivity with Tc∼ 1.85 K and has an effective mass m^* ∼ 50 me, where me is the free electron mass. For magnetic fields above 4.5 T, sharp features in the normal state electrical resistivity, magnetization, specific heat, and thermal expansion data suggest the occurrence of a phase transition at high fields. This high field ordered phase in the normal state may originate from a combination of crystalline electric field enhanced Zeeman splitting and quadrupolar ordering. We present an investigation of the electrical resistivity and magnetization of PrOs4Sb12 as a function of temperature between 350 mK and 3.5 K and magnetic field up to 18 T. The data reveal a detailed phase boundary of the high field ordered phase as well as the lower critical field Hc1 and the onset field of the peak effect in the superconducting state of PrOs4Sb12.