Fermi surface revolution in CeRhIn5 and non-centrosymmetric superconductivity in CeIrSi3

Abstract: Revolution of the pressure-induced heavy fermion state and superconductivity in an antiferromagnet CeRhIn5 have been established by high-pressure Fermi surface studies using the de Haas–van Alphen technique. A marked change of the 4f-electron nature from localized to itinerant is realized at a critical pressure under magnetic fields, together with a divergent tendency of the cyclotron mass at . The electronic state of CeIrSi3 with the non-centrosymmetric tetragonal structure is also tuned from the antiferromagnetic state to the superconducting state as a function of pressure. The upper critical field at pressure of 2.65GPa is found to be highly anisotropic: for and for , with the superconducting transition temperature . A large magnitude of and a large anisotropy of are characteristic, which reveals a new type of superconductivity closely related to the spin–orbit interaction based on the non-centrosymmetric crystal structure. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]