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Field Evolution of Coexisting Superconducting and Magnetic Orders in CeCoIn$_5$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-05-14 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

We present nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements on the three distinct In sites of CeCoIn5_5 with magnetic field applied in the [100] direction. We identify the microscopic nature of the long range magnetic order (LRO) stabilized at low temperatures in fields above 10.2 T while still in the superconducting (SC) state. We infer that the ordered moment is oriented along the c^\hat c-axis and map its field evolution. The study of the field dependence of the NMR shift for the different In sites indicates that the LRO likely coexists with a modulated SC phase, possibly that predicted by Fulde, Ferrell, Larkin, and Ovchinnikov. Furthermore, we discern a field region dominated by strong spin fluctuations where static LRO is absent and propose a revised phase diagram.

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@article{arxiv.0912.3548,
  title  = {Field Evolution of Coexisting Superconducting and Magnetic Orders in CeCoIn$_5$},
  author = {G. Koutroulakis and M. D. Stewart, and V. F. Mitrović and M. Horvatić and C. Berthier and G. Lapertot and J. Flouquet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.3548},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures. to appear to Phys. Rev. Lett