https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050087
Antiferromagnetism and the node structure of the superconducting order parameter of UPd2Al3
Institute for Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
Received:
29
July
1999
Published online: 15 February 2000
The node structure of the superconducting order parameter of the
heavy-fermion system is analyzed within the weak-coupling
theory. A pairing interaction induced by the exchange of
antiferromagnetic spin excitations is assumed as suggested by
recent inelastic neutron scattering experiments and tunneling
spectroscopy. The multi-sheeted Fermi surface is taken into
account. Based on a model susceptibility for the simple
antiferromagnetic structure of
, line nodes result at the
rim of the magnetic Brillouin zone.
PACS: 74.70.Tx – Heavy-fermion superconductors / 74.20.Mn – Nonconventional mechanisms (spin fluctuations, polarons and bipolarons, resonating valence bond model, anyon mechanism, marginal Fermi liquid, Luttinger liquid, etc.) / 74.50.+r – Proximity effects, weak links, tunneling phenomena, and Josephson effects
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