TY - JOUR
T1 - Pressure-temperature phase diagram of polycrystalline UCoGe studied by resistivity measurement
AU - Hassinger, Elena
AU - Aoki, Dai
AU - Knebel, Georg
AU - Flouquet, Jacques
PY - 2008/7/1
Y1 - 2008/7/1
N2 - Recently, coexistence of ferromagnetism (TCurie = 2:8 K) and superconductivity (Tsc = 0:8 K) has been reported in UCoGe, a compound close to a ferromagnetic instability at ambient pressure P. Here we present resistivity measurements under pressure on a UCoGe polycrystal. The phase diagram obtained from resistivity measurements on a polycrystalline sample is found to be qualitatively different to those of all other ferromagnetic superconductors. By applying high pressure, ferromagnetism is suppressed at a rate of 1.4 K/GPa. No indication of ferromagnetic order has been observed above P ≈ 1 GPa. The resistive superconducting transition is, however, quite stable in temperature and persists up to the highest measured pressure of about 2.4 GPa. Superconductivity would therefore appear also in the paramagnetic phase. However, the appearance of superconductivity seems to change at a characteristic pressure P* ∼ 0:8 GPa. Close to a ferromagnetic instability, the homogeneity of the sample can influence strongly the electronic and magnetic properties and therefore bulk phase transitions may differ from the determination by resistivity measurements.
AB - Recently, coexistence of ferromagnetism (TCurie = 2:8 K) and superconductivity (Tsc = 0:8 K) has been reported in UCoGe, a compound close to a ferromagnetic instability at ambient pressure P. Here we present resistivity measurements under pressure on a UCoGe polycrystal. The phase diagram obtained from resistivity measurements on a polycrystalline sample is found to be qualitatively different to those of all other ferromagnetic superconductors. By applying high pressure, ferromagnetism is suppressed at a rate of 1.4 K/GPa. No indication of ferromagnetic order has been observed above P ≈ 1 GPa. The resistive superconducting transition is, however, quite stable in temperature and persists up to the highest measured pressure of about 2.4 GPa. Superconductivity would therefore appear also in the paramagnetic phase. However, the appearance of superconductivity seems to change at a characteristic pressure P* ∼ 0:8 GPa. Close to a ferromagnetic instability, the homogeneity of the sample can influence strongly the electronic and magnetic properties and therefore bulk phase transitions may differ from the determination by resistivity measurements.
KW - Ferromagnetic superconductor
KW - High pressure
KW - UCoGe
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U2 - 10.1143/JPSJ.77.073703
DO - 10.1143/JPSJ.77.073703
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:54349111372
VL - 77
JO - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
JF - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
SN - 0031-9015
IS - 7
M1 - 073703
ER -