Published October 1, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Peculiar superconductivity in PrOs4Sb12 probed by local magnetization

  • 1. Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)
  • 2. Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Tokushima University, Minamijosanjima-cho, Tokushima 770-8502 (Japan)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397 (Japan)

Description

We performed local magnetization measurements in the superconducting state of PrOs4Sb12 using micro-Hall probe. For a magnetic field applied along one of the principal axes, a remarkable dip structure in the magnetization hysteresis loop was observed close to zero local magnetic induction. The anomaly is most pronounced when the magnetic field is applied only in a certain axis of the crystal, and is not observed along other two axes. We believe that the anomaly close to zero induction is universal to the spin-triplet superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physc.2005.02.050;
PII
S0921-4534(05)00285-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. C, Superconductivity
Journal Volume
426-431
Journal Page Range
p. 381-385
ISSN
0921-4534
CODEN
PHYCE6

Conference

Title
17. International symposium on superconductivity - Advances in superconductivity XVII
Acronym
ISS 2004
Dates
23-25 Nov 2004
Place
Niigata (Japan)

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