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Magnetic-field dependence of the low-temperature specific heat of the electron-doped superconductor Pr1.85Ce0.15CuO4

W. Yu, B. Liang, R. L. Greene

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.212512 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We remeasured the magnetic-field dependence of the low-temperature specific heat of the electron-doped superconductor Pr1.85Ce0.15CuO4 (TC=22±2K) under a different measurement procedure. Under field cooling, the electronic specific heat follows Cel(H,T)=γ(H)T from 4.5K down to 1.8K. In the field range HC1<H<0.5HC2, the Sommerfeld coefficient γ(H) is well fit by a power law γ(H)∼H1∕2. This result suggests that the pairing symmetry is d-wave-like at all temperatures below 4.5K. Our new measurement shows no evidence for the linear field dependence of γ(H) found previously at T=2K.

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Pr1.85Ce0.15CuO4

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