Year: 1997
Type: preprint
Abstract: Using synchrotron radiation-based Laue diffraction methods, we have searched for structural anomalies in a single-crystal whisker of the heavy fermion superconductor UPt_3. Our data cover a large volume of k-space with high sensitivity. We find no signs of the structural modulations seen in transmission electron microscopy studies of whiskers grown under identical conditions. Our result has consequences for theories of symmetry-broken superconductivity in this material.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Institutions: McGill University, Mount Allison University, University of Bristol
Language: English
Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1667952736