Enhancing the superconducting transition temperature of CeRh 1-x IrxIn5 due to the strong-coupling effects of antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations: an 115In nuclear quadrupole resonance study |
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Authors: | Kawasaki Shinji Yashima Mitsuharu Mugino Yoichi Mukuda Hidekazu Kitaoka Yoshio Shishido Hiroaki Onuki Yoshichika |
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Affiliation: | Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan. |
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Abstract: | We report on systematic evolutions of antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin fluctuations and unconventional superconductivity (SC) in heavy-fermion (HF) compounds CeRh(1-x)Ir(x)In(5) via an (115)In nuclear-quadrupole-resonance experiment. The nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T(1) has revealed the marked development of AFM spin fluctuations as approaching an AFM ordered state. Concomitantly, the superconducting transition temperature T(c) and the energy gap Delta0 increase drastically from T(c)= 0.4K and 2Delta0/k(B)T(c)=5 in CeIrIn(5) up to T(c) =1.2K and 2Delta0/k(B)T(c) =8.3 in CeRh(0.3)Ir(0.7)In5 , respectively. The present work suggests that the AFM spin fluctuations in close proximity to the AFM quantum critical point are indeed responsible for the strong-coupling unconventional SC in HF compounds. |
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