Acute enhancement of the upper critical field for superconductivity approaching a quantum critical point in URhGe

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 460-463

  Levy F ^a   Sheikin, I ^b   Huxley, A ^a,c  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

CONTINUOUS PHASE TRANSITIONS; FERROMAGNETS; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; ORDERED STATE; PURE MATERIALS; QUANTUM CRITICAL POINTS; UPPER CRITICAL FIELDS; ZERO TEMPERATURES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 34547381013     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys608     Document Type: Article

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