Transport, Heat Capacity and Magnetization of the Magnetic Superconductor RuSr2(Gd1.5Ce0.5) Cu2O10−δ

Autor: Glenn Agnolet, D. G. Naugle, K. D. D. Rathnayaka, B. I. Belevtsev, Israel Felner, V. B. Krasovitsky, M. P. Anatska
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings.
ISSN: 0094-243X
DOI: 10.1063/1.2354893
Popis: Samples of RuSr2(Gd1.5Ce0.5)Cu2O10−δ have been studied. Resistivity, thermopower, heat capacity and magnetization were investigated in the temperature range 1.8–300 K under a magnetic field up to 8 T, The resistive transitions to the superconducting state are found to be determined by a granular structure, so that the intragranular, Tc0, and intergranular, Tcg, transition temperatures were found. Heat capacity, C(T), shows a jump at the superconducting transition, corresponding to intragranular superconductivity (with Tc0 ≈ 37.5 K). A Schottky‐like anomaly is found in C(T) below 20 K. The possible reasons for this anomaly (associated with rare‐earth Gd ions) are considered.
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