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Ambient Pressure Superconductivity emerging in the Local Moment Antiferromagnetic Phase of Ce $_{3}$ PdIn $_{11}$

arXiv:1403.7010 · doi:10.1038/srep15904

Abstract

We report on magnetization, specific heat and resistivity experiments on single crystals of the novel heavy Fermion compound Ce $_{3}$ PdIn $_{11}$ . At ambient pressure the compound exhibits two successive transitions at T $_{1}$ = 1.63 K and T $_{N}$ = 1.49 K into incommensurate and commensurate local moment antiferromagnetic states, respectively, before becoming superconducting below T $_{c}$ = 0.42 K. The large values of dB $_{c2}$ /dT and B $_{c2}$ = 2.8 T imply that heavy quasiparticles form the Cooper pairs. Thus, Ce $_{3}$ PdIn $_{11}$ is the first ambient pressure heavy Fermion superconductor where 4f electrons are simultaneously responsible for magnetic order and superconductivity.

Ambient Pressure Superconductivity emerging in the Local Moment Antiferromagnetic Phase of Ce3​PdIn11​

Abstract

Ambient Pressure Superconductivity emerging in the Local Moment Antiferromagnetic Phase of Ce $_{3}$ PdIn $_{11}$