Transport in the Heavy Fermion Superconductor UPt3

Critical fields and Landau-Ginzburg parameters of the heavy-fermion superconductor UPt3.

Crystal structure assignment for the heavy-fermion superconductor UPt3

Understanding the normal and superconducting states in UPt3 depends critically on its crystal structure. Based on high-energy x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, we have determined that the crystal structure of UPt3 is trigonal, not hexagonal as traditionally held. Its trigonal structure provides an interpretation of recent high-field muon spin rotation experiments and may b...

Odd parity and line nodes in heavy-fermion superconductors.

Group theory arguments have demonstrated that a general odd parity order parameter cannot have line nodes in the presence of spin-orbit coupling. In this paper, it is shown that these arguments do not hold on the kz = π/c zone face of a hexagonal close packed lattice. In particular, three of the six odd parity representations vanish identically on this face. This has potential relevance to the ...

Evidence for a two component magnetic response in UPt3

The magnetic response of the heavy fermion superconductor UPt3 has been investigated on a microscopic scale by muon Knight shift studies. Two distinct and isotropic Knight shifts have been found for the field in the basal plane. While the volume fractions associated with the two Knight shifts are approximately equal at low and high temperatures, they show a dramatic and opposite temperature dep...

Anisotropy of transverse sound in the heavy fermion superconductor UPt3.

%e report the first measurements of the attenuation of ultrasound in the basal plane of superconducting UPt3. Transverse sound propagating along the b axis shows a marked anisotropy in its temperature dependence when the polarization is rotated in and out of the basal plane. For polarization in the basal plane the attenuation varies linearly with temperature down to 35 mK and the slope scales a...