Ferromagnetism and superconductivity in uranium compounds

D. Aoki , M. Taupin , C. Paulsen , F. Hardy , V. Taufour , H. Kotegawa , E. Hassinger (1) , L. Malone , T.D. Matsuda , A. Miyake , I. Sheikin , William Knafo (2) , G. Knebel (3) , L. Howald , J.-P. Brison , And J. Flouquet

1 SPSMS - UMR 9001 - Service de Physique Statistique, Magnétisme et Supraconductivité
2 LNCMI-T - Laboratoire national des champs magnétiques intenses - Toulouse
3 DRFMC - Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée

Recent advances on ferromagnetic superconductors, UGe2, URhGe and UCoGe are presented. The superconductivity (SC) peacefully coexists with the ferromagnetism (FM), forming the spin-triplet state of Cooper pairs. The striking new phenomena, such as SC reinforced by the magnetic field, are associated with Ising-type ferromagnetic fluctuations. A variety of ferromagnetic ordered moments between UGe2, URhGe and UCoGe affords to understand the relation between FM, tricriticality and SC.

Domaines: Supraconductivité [cond-mat.supr-con]

D. Aoki, M. Taupin, C. Paulsen, F. Hardy, V. Taufour, et al.. Ferromagnetism and superconductivity in uranium compounds. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2012, 81, pp.SB002. ⟨10.1143/JPSJ.81.011003⟩. ⟨hal-00780102⟩