Related papers: Surface superconductivity and $H_{c3}$ in UPt$_3$
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A refined variational wave function for the two-dimensional repulsive Hubbard model is studied numerically, with the aim of approaching the difficult crossover regime of intermediate values of U. The issue of a superconducting ground state…
We explore the response of an unconventional superconductor to spatially inhomogeneous antiferromagnetism (SIAFM). Symmetry allows the superconducting order parameter in the E-representation models for UPt3 to couple directly to the AFM…
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The orbital symmetry of the superconducting order parameter in UPt_3 is identified by evaluating the directionally dependent thermalconductivity and ultrasound attenuation in the clean limit and compared with the existing data for both…
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The effect of the magnetic field on a capacitor with a superconducting electrode is studied within the Ginzburg-Landau approach. It is shown that the capacitance has a discontinuity at the onset of the surface superconductivity $B_{\rm c3}$…
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