MgPd$_2$Sb -- the first Mg-based Heusler-type superconductor
| Autor: | Winiarski, Michal J., Kuderowicz, Gabriel, Górnicka, Karolina, Litzbarski, Leszek S., Stolecka, Kamila, Wiendlocha, Bartłomiej, Cava, Robert J., Klimczuk, Tomasz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Physical Review B 103, 214501 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.214501 |
| Popis: | We report the synthesis and physical properties of a full Heusler compound, MgPd$_2$Sb, which we found to show superconductivity below $T_c$ = 2.2 K. MgPd$_2$Sb was obtained by a two-step solid-state reaction method and its purity and cubic crystal structure (Fm-3m, a=6.4523(1) \r{A}) were confirmed by powder x-ray diffraction. Normal and superconducting states were studied by electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and heat capacity measurements. The results show that MgPd$_2$Sb is a type-II, weak coupling superconductor ($\lambda_{e-p}$ = 0.53). The observed pressure dependence of $T_c$ ($\Delta T_c / p \approx $ -0.23 K/GPa) is one of the strongest reported for a superconducting Heusler compound. The electronic structure, phonons, and electron-phonon coupling in MgPd$_2$Sb were theoretically investigated. The obtained results are in agreement with the experiment, confirming the electron-phonon coupling mechanism of superconductivity. We compare the superconducting parameters tothose of all reported Heusler-type superconductors. Comment: 20 pages, 11 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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