Theory of resistive anomaly in a superconductor above a second-order critical magnetic field

1969 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 2175-2180 ◽  
Author(s):  
D R Tilley ◽  
J B Parkinson
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Harrison ◽  
Satya K. Kushwaha ◽  
Mun K. Chan ◽  
Marcelo Jaime

AbstractThe strongly correlated actinide metal URu2Si2 exhibits a mean field-like second order phase transition at To ≈ 17 K, yet lacks definitive signatures of a broken symmetry. Meanwhile, various experiments have also shown the electronic energy gap to closely resemble that resulting from hybridization between conduction electron and 5f-electron states. We argue here, using thermodynamic measurements, that the above seemingly incompatible observations can be jointly understood by way of proximity to an entropy-driven critical point, in which the latent heat of a valence-type electronic instability is quenched by thermal excitations across a gap, driving the transition second order. Salient features of such a transition include a robust gap spanning highly degenerate features in the electronic density of states, that is weakly (if at all) suppressed by temperature on approaching To, and an elliptical phase boundary in magnetic field and temperature that is Pauli paramagnetically limited at its critical magnetic field.


2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fumikazu Oguro ◽  
Yudai Sato ◽  
Kanta Asakawa ◽  
Masahiro Haze ◽  
Yukio Hasegawa

1966 ◽  
Vol 150 (1) ◽  
pp. 222-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolf Klein ◽  
Gaston Fischer

1985 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 477-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Maple ◽  
J. W. Chen ◽  
S. E. Lambert ◽  
Z. Fisk ◽  
J. L. Smith ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (25) ◽  
pp. 1650183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu. N. Ovchinnikov

The effect of spin-orbit (SO) interaction on the formation of the critical states in thin superconducting films in magnetic field oriented along the film is investigated. Hereby, the case of interband pairing is considered. It was found that eight branches exist in the plane of two parameters [Formula: see text] determined by the value of magnetic field and SO interaction. Six modes leads to inhomogeneous states with different values of the impulse [Formula: see text]. Each state is doubly degenerate over direction of impulse [Formula: see text]. The parameter values at critical point are found for all eight branches in explicit form for zero temperature. The optimal two branches are estimated, corresponding to largest critical magnetic field value for given SO interaction.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Luis M. Moreno-Ramírez ◽  
Victorino Franco

The applicability of magnetocaloric materials is limited by irreversibility. In this work, we evaluate the reversible magnetocaloric response associated with magnetoelastic transitions in the framework of the Bean-Rodbell model. This model allows the description of both second- and first-order magnetoelastic transitions by the modification of the η parameter (η<1 for second-order and η>1 for first-order ones). The response is quantified via the Temperature-averaged Entropy Change (TEC), which has been shown to be an easy and effective figure of merit for magnetocaloric materials. A strong magnetic field dependence of TEC is found for first-order transitions, having a significant increase when the magnetic field is large enough to overcome the thermal hysteresis of the material observed at zero field. This field value, as well as the magnetic field evolution of the transition temperature, strongly depend on the atomic magnetic moment of the material. For a moderate magnetic field change of 2 T, first-order transitions with η≈1.3−1.8 have better TEC than those corresponding to stronger first-order transitions and even second-order ones.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsadik Kidanemariam ◽  
Gebregziabher Kahsay

This research work focuses on the theoretical investigation of the upper critical magnetic field,HC2; Ginzburg-Landau coherence length,ξGL(T); and Ginzburg-Landau penetration depth,λGL(T), for the two-band iron based superconductorsBaFe2(As1-xPx)2,NdO1-xFxFeAs, and LiFeAs. By employing the phenomenological Ginzburg-Landau (GL) equation for the two-band superconductorsBaFe2(As1-xPx)2,NdO1-xFxFeAs, and LiFeAs, we obtained expressions for the upper critical magnetic field,HC2; GL coherence length,ξGL; and GL penetration depth,λGL, as a function of temperature and the angular dependency of upper critical magnetic field. By using the experimental values in the obtained expressions, phase diagrams of the upper critical magnetic field parallel,HC2∥c, and perpendicular,HC2⊥c, to the symmetry axis (c-direction) versus temperature are plotted. We also plotted the phase diagrams of the upper critical magnetic field,HC2versus the angleθ. Similarly, the phase diagrams of the GL coherence length,ξGL, and GL penetration depth,λGL, parallel and perpendicular to the symmetry axis versus temperature are drawn for the superconductors mentioned above. Our findings are in agreement with experimental observations.


Author(s):  
Maksim Zholudev ◽  
Aleksandr Kadykov ◽  
Mikhail Fadeev ◽  
Michal Marcinkiewicz ◽  
Sandra Ruffenach ◽  
...  

We report on comparison between temperature-dependent magneto¬absorption and magnetotransport spectroscopy of HgTe/CdHgTe quantum wells in terms of detection of phase transition between topological insulator and band insulator states. Our results demonstrate that temperature-dependent magnetospectroscopy is a powerful tool to discriminate trivial and topological insulator phases, yet magnetotransport method is shown to have advantages for clear manifestation of the phase transition with accurate quantitative values of transition parameter (i.e. critical magnetic field Bc).


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