Upper critical field Hc2 in PrOs4Sb12

D. Parker, H. Won, K. Maki

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Abstract

We study the upper critical field of the A and B phases in the triplet superconductor PrOs4Sb12 within the p + h-wave superconductivity proposed recently for this material. The present result is compared with Hc2(t) and H*(t), the boundary between the A and B phase in PrOs4Sb12, reported earlier [Measson et al., Phys. Rev. B 70, 064516 (2004)] and with more recent data of Hc2(t) for the single phase crystal. We find Hc2(t)'s for both the two phase crystal and the single phase crystal are described by the model for the A phase. From this fitting one can deduce the Fermi velocity as v = 2.5 × 106 cm/s. On the other hand Hc2(t) for the B phase is found to be somewhat smaller than H*(t), which indicates that H*(t) belongs to the A phase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1347-1353
Number of pages7
JournalPhysica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research
Volume244
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2007
Externally publishedYes

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