Magnetization, vortex state and specific heat in the superconducting state of RuSr 2 GdCu 2 O 8

T. P. Papageorgiou (), E. Casini, H. F. Braun, T. Herrmannsdörfer, A. D. Bianchi and J. Wosnitza

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2006, vol. 52, issue 3, 383-388

Abstract: Based on field-cooled dc-magnetization measurements in a SQUID magnetometer with carefully controlled magnetic-field profiles, we present evidence that diamagnetism is missing in the superconducting state (T > 50 K) of the (weakly) ferromagnetic (T M ≈130 K) superconductor RuSr 2 GdCu 2 O 8 (Ru1212). Nevertheless, taking into account the granular nature of the samples investigated so far, this cannot be taken as evidence for the lack of a Meissner state or bulk superconductivity. It is shown that for low applied magnetic fields a vortex state most probably involves the intergrain area (area between the grains) rather than the individual grains (bulk Ru1212). Furthermore, the wide superconducting transition of Ru1212 (T c,onset =T c ≈48 K, T s (R=0)=T s =32 K) realized in resistance measurements in zero applied magnetic field can be readily understood as the effect of resistive grain contacts and is not necessarily related to the movement of spontaneously induced vortices in bulk Ru1212, as it has been suggested previously. A comparison of the low-temperature specific heat of Sr 2 GdRuO 6 (Sr2116), the precursor for the preparation of Ru1212 and thus a possible impurity phase, with previously reported data for Ru1212 shows that it is unlikely that Sr2116 is responsible for the specific-heat features attributed to the superconductivity of Ru1212 and supports the existence of a bulk superconducting state in the latter compound. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2006

Keywords: 74.72.-h Cuprate superconductors (high-Tc and insulating parent compounds); 74.25.Ha Magnetic properties; 75.50.-y Studies of specific magnetic materials (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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