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Low-temperature specific heat (SH) is measured for the 12442-type KCa$_2$Fe$_4$As$_4$F$_2$ single crystal under different magnetic fields. A clear SH jump with the height of $\Delta C/T|_{T_c}$ = 130 mJ/mol K$^2$ is observed at the…
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