Abstract
Transport, thermal, and magnetic data for the heavy electron system indicate that a charge- or spin-density-wave transition opens an energy gap of ∼11 meV over a portion of the Fermi surface below ≊17.5 K and demonstrate that bulk superconductivity occurs below ≊1.5 K. The pressure dependences of and support this interpretation. The unusually large initial slope of the upper critical magnetic field (9.2 T/K) is consistent with the high values of the electronic-specific-heat coefficient and the electrical resistivity.
- Received 17 October 1985
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.185
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