Muon Knight shift and zero-field relaxation in (U,Th)Be13

Autor: Heffner, RH, Cooke, DW, Fisk, Z, Hutson, RL, Schillaci, ME, Smith, JL, Willis, JO, Maclaughlin, DE, Boekema, C, Lichti, RL, Denison, AB, Oostens, J
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Heffner, RH; Cooke, DW; Fisk, Z; Hutson, RL; Schillaci, ME; Smith, JL; et al.(1986). Muon Knight shift and zero-field relaxation in (U,Th)Be13. Hyperfine Interactions, 31(1-4), 419-424. doi: 10.1007/BF02401590. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/34b5x1q6
DOI: 10.1007/BF02401590.
Popis: We report μ+zero-field relaxation and Knight shift studies of the heavy-fermion superconductors U1-xThxBe13, x=0 and 0.033. The Knight shift in UBe13shows a strong decrease as the temperature is reduced in the superconducting state, unlike U0.967Th0.033Be13in which the shift remains at about the normal state value. If the superconducting state in UBe13has odd-parity, the decrease of Kμbelow Tcsuggests that the order parameter is pinned to the lattice. Either spin-orbit scattering or the existence of two distinct superconducting states with different spin susceptibilities in the (U,Th)Be13system would explain the differences observed in the Th-doped and pure UBe13materials. The latter hypothesis would exclude conventional BCS superconductivity. No evidence for magnetic order is seen in the zero-field relaxation rate for either material down to 0.3 K. © 1986 J.C. Baltzer A.G., Scientific Publishing Company.
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