Published January 1, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Theoretical determination of the superconducting phase of UPt3

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

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We show that recent measurements of the dynamical susceptibility of UPt3 by Goldman et al. [Phys. Rev. B 36, 8523 (1987)] are sufficient to determine the superconducting phase of UPt3 unambiguously within the picture of spin-fluctuation-mediated pairing. The gap function belongs to the two-dimensional E1 representation and has complex coefficients, thus breaking time-reversal symmetry. It has a line of nodes in the energy gap in the basal plane and point nodes at the poles of the Fermi surface

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Journal Title
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
701-704
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD