Published October 1, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Influence of boron impurities on the superconducting phase transition of U1-xThxBe13

  • 1. Laboratorium fuer Festkoerperphysik, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Hoenggerberg, 8093 Zuerich (Switzerland)
  • 2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, (USA)

Description

It is demonstrated that weak boron doping of UBe13 drastically alters the temperature dependence of the specific heat just above and also below the superconducting transition. A strong enhancement of the anomaly at Tc and distinct deviations from mean-field behavior are the most significant features. The influence of small amounts of boron replacing Be in thorium-doped UBe13 is shown to depend on the concentration of Th impurities. Excessive specific heat well below Tc in these compounds indicates considerable variation of the electronic spectrum even at very low temperatures

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Journal Title
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
13
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
7081-7084
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD