Electron transmission in normal metal/heavy-fermion superconductor junctions: A two-band model

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Araujo M A N ^a,b   Sacramento, P D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

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EID: 43049096034     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.134519     Document Type: Article

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18. The phase diagrams show that for a high Cd concentration, the system antiferromagnetically orders. As the concentration decreases, there is a regime where SC and AF coexist. As previously determined, (Ref.), antiferromagnetism should be expelled when the superconducting critical temperature crosses the Néel temperature, which is a signature of d -wave symmetry. On the experimental side, the situation is not yet clear [Wan K. Park (private communication)].