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Strong Coupling between Antiferromagnetic and Superconducting Order Parameters in CeRhIn$_5$ Studied by In-NQR Spectroscopy

Superconductivity 2009-06-26 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We report on a novel pressure (PP)-induced evolution of magnetism and superconductivity (SC) in a helical magnet CeRhIn5_5 with an incommensurate wave vector Qi=(1/2,1/2,0.297)Q_i=({1/2},{1/2},0.297) through the 115^{115}In nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements under PP. Systematic measurements of the 115^{115}In-NQR spectrum reveal that the commensurate antiferromagnetism (AFM) with Qc=(1/2,1/2,1/2)Q_c=({1/2},{1/2},{1/2}) is realized above PmP_m \sim 1.7 GPa. An important finding is that the size of SC gap and TcT_c increase as the magnitude of the AFM moment decreases in the PP region, where SC uniformly coexists with the commensurate AFM. This result provides evidence of strong coupling between the commensurate AFM order parameter (OP) and SC OP.

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@article{arxiv.0906.0078,
  title  = {Strong Coupling between Antiferromagnetic and Superconducting Order Parameters in CeRhIn$_5$ Studied by In-NQR Spectroscopy},
  author = {M. Yashima and H. Mukuda and Y. Kitaoka and H. Shishido and R. Settai and Y. Onuki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.0078},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures