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Phase diagram of UPt$_3$ in the $E_{1g}$ model

Condensed Matter 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

The phase diagram of the unconventional superconductor UPt3_3 is explained under the long-standing hypothesis that the pair wavefunction belongs to the E1gE_{1g} representation of the point group. The main objection to this theory has been that it disagrees with the experimental phase diagram when a field is applied along the c-axis. By a careful analysis of the free energy this objection is shown to be incorrect. This singlet theory also explains the unusual anisotropy in the upper critical field curves, often thought to indicate a triplet pair function.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9412039,
  title  = {Phase diagram of UPt$_3$ in the $E_{1g}$ model},
  author = {K. A. Park and Robert Joynt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9412039},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages, Revtex, 2 figures (uuencoded, gzip'ed Postscript)