Novel pressure phase diagram of heavy fermion superconductor CePtSi investigated by ac calorimetry

交流比熱測定による重い電子系超伝導物質CePtSiの新奇な圧力相図

立岩 尚之   ; 芳賀 芳範   ; 松田 達磨; 池田 修悟; 安田 敬*; 竹内 徹也*; 摂待 力生*; 大貫 惇睦

Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Ikeda, Shugo; Yasuda, Takashi*; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Settai, Rikio*; Onuki, Yoshichika

結晶反転対称性のない重い電子系超伝導物質CePtSiの反強磁性・超伝導転移温度の圧力依存性を交流比熱測定によって調べた。常圧で2.2Kである反強磁性転移温度(ネール温度)は加圧とともに減少し消滅する。反強磁性臨界圧力は0.6GPaと決定された。一方、超伝導相は常圧から1.5GPaの幅広い圧力領域で存在する。CePtSiの圧力相図は大変独創的で、これまでの重い電子系超伝導物質の圧力相図と大きな違いがある。

The pressure dependences of the antiferromagnetic and superconducting transition temperatures have been investigated by ac heat capacity measurement under high pressures for the heavy-fermion superconductor CePtSi without inversion symmetry in the tetragonal structure. The Nel temperature = 2.2 K decreases with increasing pressure and becomes zero at the critical pressure 0.6 GPa. On the other hand, the superconducting phase exists in a wider pressure region from ambient pressure to about 1.5 GPa. The pressure phase diagram of CePtSi is thus very unique and has never been reported before for other heavy fermion superconductors.