Published February 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Nearly isotropic d-wave pairing in UPt3

  • 1. Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo-106 (Japan)
  • 2. AN SSSR, Moscow (Russian Federation). Inst. Teoreticheskoj Fiziki

Description

The available phase diagram of UPt3 in H-T-P coordinates imposes strong restrictions on all theories which are going to explain it. We present a self-consistent solution of this problem. In our picture UPt3 is a d-wave nearly isotropic superconductor with small splitting of critical temperature according to the irreducible representations of a D6h group. Two of these representations A1g and E1g are responsible for the phase transitions in UPt3. The order of high- and low-temperature representations reverses under pressure. This scenario explains all the peculiarities of the UPt3 phase diagram such as the existence of a tetracritical point in the H-T plane, a kink in Hc2(T) for different orientations of magnetic field, the behavior of superconducting phases under pressure and others. ((orig.))

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
206-207
Journal Issue
1-4
Journal Page Range
p. 577-579.
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

Conference

Title
International conference on strongly correlated electron systems (SCES).
Dates
15-18 Aug 1994.
Place
Amsterdam (Netherlands).

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
26049509
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CRITICAL FIELD; D WAVES; IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SUPERCONDUCTORS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; URANIUM ALLOYS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE ALLOYS; ALLOYS; DIAGRAMS; INFORMATION; PARTIAL WAVES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLATINUM METAL ALLOYS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS