(1) Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Hochschule, Hochschulstrasse 8, W-6100 Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany;(2) Present address: Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, RIKEN, Wako, 351-01 Saitama, Japan
Abstract:
UPd2Al3 is a new heavy-fermion superconductor with a recordTc of 2 K. In addition, it shows a transition to long-range antiferromagnetic order atTN=14 K. Its Sommerfeld coefficient is reduced from p=210mJ/K2 mole in the paramagnetic to 0=150mJ/K2 mole in the antiferromagnetic phase.