Nearly ferromagnetic spin-triplet superconductivity
National Institute of Standards and Technology · NIST Center for Neutron Research · +4 more institutions
Abstract
An unusual superconductor In conventional, and in many unconventional, superconductors, the electrons that form Cooper pairs have spins pointing in opposite directions. An applied magnetic field can easily “break” such pairs—and destroy superconductivity—by aligning both spins in the same direction. In contrast, spin-triplet superconductors are much more resilient to magnetic fields. Very few candidates for such materials have been discovered. Ran et al. add to this select group by observing signatures of spin-triplet superconductivity, including a very large and anisotropic upper critical magnetic field, in the material UTe 2 . Because spin-triplet superconductors may naturally exhibit topological…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 49.03
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 50
Authors
11- SRSheng RanCorresponding
National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST Center for Neutron Research, University of Maryland, College Park
- CEChris Eckberg
University of Maryland, College Park
- QDQing-Ping Ding
United States Department of Energy, Iowa State University, Ames National Laboratory
- YFYuji Furukawa
United States Department of Energy, Iowa State University, Ames National Laboratory
- TMTristin Metz
University of Maryland, College Park
Topics & keywords
- Condensed matter physics
- Superconductivity
- Physics
- Spin (aerodynamics)
- Spins
- Electron
- Ferromagnetism
- Paramagnetism