Published April 15, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Itinerant ferromagnetism and superconductivity in bct ErRh4B4

  • 1. Centre de Recherches sur les Tres Basses Temperatures, CNRS, B. P. 166 X, 38042 Grenoble Cedex, France

Description

The body centered tetragonal ErRh4B4 compound undergoes an itinerant ferromagnetic transition at T/sub m/ = 21 K characterized by a susceptibility equal to the inverse of the demagnetizing coefficient. The itinerant ferromagnetism does not prevent the simultaneous presence of the superconductivity from 7.7 K down to 0 K. The diamagnetic ac susceptibility can be calculated from the ferromagnetic one. The coexistence of itinerant ferromagnetism and superconductivity among d electrons would be one of the most convincing arguments in favor of ''odd-parity'' superconductivity

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Journal Title
J. Appl. Phys.
Journal Volume
57
Journal Issue
8
Series
J. Appl. Phys.
Journal Page Range
3113-3114
ISSN
0021-8979