Emergence of a superconducting state from an antiferromagnetic phase in single crystals of the heavy fermion compound Ce2PdIn8

Authors :: Kaczorowski, D.
Pikul, A. P.
Gnida, D.
Tran, V. H.
Source :: Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 027003 (2009)
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: Single crystals of Ce2PdIn8 were studied by means of magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity and specific heat measurements. The compound was found to be a heavy fermion clean-limit superconductor with Tc = 0.68 K. Most remarkably, the superconductivity in this system emerges out of the antiferromagnetic state that sets in at TN = 10 K, and both cooperative phenomena coexist in a bulk at ambient pressure conditions.<br />Comment: to appear in Physical Review Letters; final version limited to 4 pages; figures 1 and 3 corrected; title changed on request of PRL-Editor

Subjects :: Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
Condensed Matter - Superconductivity

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