APS March Meeting 2013
Volume 58, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 18–22, 2013;
Baltimore, Maryland
Session W1: Invited Session: Superconductivity at High Pressure
2:30 PM–5:30 PM,
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Room: Ballroom I
Sponsoring
Units:
DCMP DMP
Chair: Viktor Struzhkin, Carnegie Institution for Science
Abstract ID: BAPS.2013.MAR.W1.5
Abstract: W1.00005 : Pressure tuning of magnetic fluctuation and superconductivity in CeCoIn$_5$*
4:54 PM–5:30 PM
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Author:
Carmen Almasan
(Kent State University)
One of the greatest challenges to Landau's Fermi liquid theory -- the
standard theory of metals - is presented by complex materials with strong
electronic correlations. The non-Fermi liquid transport and thermodynamic
properties of these materials are often explained by the presence of strong
quantum critical fluctuations associated with a quantum phase transition
that happens at a quantum critical point (QCP). The heavy-fermion material
CeCoIn$_{5}$ is a prototypical system for which its pronounced
non-Fermi liquid behavior in the normal state and unconventional
superconductivity are thought to arise from the proximity of this system to
a QCP [1-5]. Previous experiments address the physics of this QCP by
extrapolating results obtained in the normal state, i.e., there were no
\textit{direct} probes of antiferromagnetism and quantum criticality in the superconducting
state. This motivated us to study the transport in the mixed state, thus
revealing the physics of antiferromagnetism and quantum criticality of the
underlying normal state [6]. In this talk I will present the results
obtained in these studies by measuring the vortex core dissipation under
applied hydrostatic pressure ($P$). The vortex core resistivity increases
sharply with decreasing magnetic field ($H)$ and temperature ($T)$ due to
quasiparticle scattering on critical antiferromagnetic fluctuations. This
behavior is greatly suppressed with increasing $P$. Using our experimental
results, we obtained an explicit equation for the antiferromagnetic boundary
inside the superconducting dome and constructed an $H-T-P$ phase diagram. This work
provides direct evidence for a quantum critical line inside the
superconducting phase and reveals the close relationship between quantum
criticality, antiferromagnetism, and superconductivity.\\[4pt]
In collaboration with T. Hu, H. Xiao, T. A. Sayles, M. Dzero, and M. B. Maple.\\[4pt]
[1] V. A. Sidorov et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 157004 (2002). \newline
[2] J. Paglione et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 246405 (2003). \newline
[3] S. Singh et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 057001 (2007). \newline
[4] S. Zaum et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 087003 (2011). \newline
[5] F. Ronning et al., Phys. Rev. B 73, 064519 (2006). \newline
[6] T. Hu et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 056401 (2012).
*Research supported by NSF DMR 1006606.
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