Study of the magnetic superconductor, Y9Co7, at high pressure and high magnetic field

The electrical resistance and magnetic susceptibility of the magnetic superconductor, Y9Co7 has been measured at pressures up to 20 kbar and in magnetic fields up to 6T. It has been found that pressure suppresses the magnetism resulting in a higher superconducting transition temperature and conclude that Y9Co7 is an itinerant ferromagnet, not a spin-glass. Pressure also sharpens the superconducting transition and increases the critical magnetic field, signifying that the long range ferromagnetic and superconducting order parameters co-exist but vary spatially. For pressures greater than 6 kbar, the magnetoresistance is always positive, further indicating the suppression of magnetism by high pressure. (author)