Renormalizations in unconventional superconducting states of Ce1-xYbxCoIn5

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关键词: MUON SPIN ROTATION;    PENETRATION DEPTH;    DENSITY;    CECOIN5;    TC;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.99.035136

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

We have measured the superconducting penetration depth Lambda(T) in the heavy-fermion/intermediate-valent superconducting alloy series Ce1-xYbxCoIn5 using a transverse-field muon spin relaxation to study the effect of intermediate-valent Yb doping on Fermi-liquid renormalization. From Lambda(T) we determine the superfluid density rho(s)(T) and find that it decreases continuously with increasing nominal Yb concentration x, i.e., with increasing intermediate valence. The temperature-dependent renormalization of the normal fluid density rho(N)(T)= rho(s)(0) - rho(s)(T) in both the heavy-fermion and intermediate valence limits is proportional to the temperature-dependent renormalization of the specific heat. This indicates that the temperature-dependent Fermi-liquid Landau parameters of the superconducting quasiparticles entering the two different physical quantities are the same. These results represent an important advance in understanding of both intermediate valence and heavy-fermion phenomena in superconductors.

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