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Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 217002 (2005) [4 pages]

Novel Coexistence of Superconductivity with Two Distinct Magnetic Orders

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A. Llobet1, A. D. Christianson1,2, Wei Bao1,*, J. S. Gardner3,4,†, I. P. Swainson3, J. W. Lynn4, J.-M. Mignot5, K. Prokes6, P. G. Pagliuso1,‡, N. O. Moreno1, J. L. Sarrao1, J. D. Thompson1, and A. H. Lacerda1
1Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
2Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
3NRC Canada, NPMR, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario KOJ IJO, Canada
4NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
5Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, CEA-CNRS, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
6BENSC, Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Glienickerstrass 100, D-14109, Berlin, Germany

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Received 13 July 2005; published 15 November 2005; corrected 23 August 2007

The heavy fermion CeRh1-xIrxIn5 system exhibits properties that range from an incommensurate antiferromagnet for small x to an exotic superconductor on the Ir-rich end of the phase diagram. At intermediate x where antiferromagnetism coexists with superconductivity, two types of magnetic order are observed: the incommensurate one of CeRhIn5 and a new, commensurate antiferromagnetism that orders separately. The coexistence of f-electron superconductivity with two distinct f-electron magnetic orders is unique among unconventional superconductors, adding a new variety to the usual coexistence found in magnetic superconductors.

© 2005 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.217002
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.217002
PACS:
74.70.Tx, 71.27.+a, 75.20.Hr, 75.25.+z

*Electronic address: wbao@lanl.gov

†Current address: Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973.

‡Current address: Instituto de Física “Gleb Wathagin,” UNICAMP, 13083-970, Campinas, Brasil.

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Publisher's Note: A. Llobet, A. D. Christianson, Wei Bao, J. S. Gardner, I. P. Swainson, J. W. Lynn, J.-M. Mignot, K. Prokes, P. G. Pagliuso, N. O. Moreno, J. L. Sarrao, J. D. Thompson, and A. H. Lacerda, Publisher’s Note: Novel Coexistence of Superconductivity with Two Distinct Magnetic Orders [Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 217002 (2005)], Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 099902 (2007).

 
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