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Possible re-entrant superconductivity in EuFe2As2 under pressure

Superconductivity 2009-06-20 v1

Abstract

We studied the temperature-pressure phase diagram of EuFe2As2 by measurements of the electrical resistivity. The antiferromagnetic spin-density-wave transition at T_0 associated with the FeAs-layers is continuously suppressed with increasing pressure, while the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature of the Eu 2+ moments seems to be nearly pressure independent up to 2.6 GPa. Above 2 GPa a sharp drop of the resistivity, \rho(T), indicates the onset of superconductivity at T_c \approx 29.5 K. Surprisingly, on further reducing the temperature \rho(T) is increasing again and exhibiting a maximum caused by the ordering of the Eu 2+ moments, a behavior which is reminiscent of re-entrant superconductivity as it is observed in the ternary Chevrel phases or in the rare-earth nickel borocarbides.

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@article{arxiv.0808.2026,
  title  = {Possible re-entrant superconductivity in EuFe2As2 under pressure},
  author = {C. F. Miclea and M. Nicklas and H. S. Jeevan and D. Kasinathan and Z. Hossain and H. Rosner and P. Gegenwart and C. Geibel and F. Steglich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.2026},
  year   = {2009}
}
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