Ames Laboratory, US DOE and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Abstract:
Measurements of the superconducting transition temperatures for Al-doped, C-doped and neutron-damaged–annealed MgB2 samples under pressure up to 8 kbar are presented. The dTc/dP values change systematically with the decrease of the ambient pressure Tc in a regular fashion. The evolution of the pressure derivatives can be understood assuming that the change in phonon spectrum is a dominant contribution to dTc/dP.