重い電子系超伝導物質の高圧下比熱測定による研究

Investigation on the heavy fermion superconductors by the ac heat capacity measurement

立岩 尚之   ; 芳賀 芳範   ; 松田 達磨; 植田 泰輝*; Thamizhavel, A.*; 中島 美帆*; 竹内 徹也*; 摂待 力生*; 大貫 惇睦; Knebel, G.*; Salce, B.*; Braithwaite, D.*; Flouquet, J.*

Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Ueda, Taiki*; Thamizhavel, A.*; Nakashima, Miho*; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Settai, Rikio*; Onuki, Yoshichika; Knebel, G.*; Salce, B.*; Braithwaite, D.*; Flouquet, J.*

私達のグループでは強相関電子系希土類・アクチノイド化合物の高圧研究を行うため、熱電対を用いた高圧下交流比熱測定システムの構築を行ってきた。本講演では私達のシステムを紹介し、重い電子系超伝導物質CePtSiと当研究グループで発見された超伝導物質UIrについての測定例を報告する。両方の物質ともに結晶構造に反転対称性がなく、新規な形の超伝導が実現していると推測されている。CePtSiの反強磁性秩序状態は0.6GPa近辺で消滅するが超伝導相は1.5GPaまで幅広い圧力範囲で存在し、他のCe系圧力誘起超伝導物質と異なる特質が明らかとなった。UIrについては高圧下で複数の強磁性相が存在することが電気抵抗測定から示唆されており、現在比熱測定を通して熱力学的相図の作成を行っている。これについて報告し、磁性と超伝導の関係について議論する。

We have developed the system for the heat capacity measurement by the thermocouple in order to study the high pressure physical properties of the rare earth and actinide compounds. In this talk, we would like to show our system and discuss our recent results on the heavy fermion superconductors CePtSi and UIr. It is noted that the superconductivity of UIr was found by our group. There is no inversion center in crystal structures of both compounds. The superconductivity of both compounds might be the novel type. In the case of CePtSi, the antiferromagnetic phase is strongly suppressed by the applied pressure and disappears above 0.6 GPa, while the superconducting phase exists in the wide pressure region up to 1.5 GPa. It is found that the overall feature of the pressure phase diagram is different from those of other heavy fermion superconductors. In the case of UIr, it is suggested by the resistivity measurement under pressures that there exists multiple ferromagnetic phases in the high pressure region. We investigated the pressure phase diagram of UIr from the thermodynamic point of view. We discuss the relation between the superconductivity and magnetism in UIr.