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Influence of hydrostatic pressure on the magnetic phase diagram of superconducting Sr2RuO4 by ultrasonic attenuation

O. Svitelskiy, S. Headley, S. W. Tozer, E. C. Palm, T. P. Murphy, D. Shulyatev, A. V. Suslov

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.052502 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

The effect of high hydrostatic pressure on the magnetic field and temperature dependence of the attenuation of a longitudinal ultrasonic wave propagated along the ⟨100⟩ direction in superconducting Sr2RuO4 has been investigated. The magnetic field dependence of the attenuation suggests the vertical character of the nodes in the superconducting gap. Application of pressure causes a decrease of the critical temperature Tc and critical magnetic field Hc2; the width of the transition under pressure increases. The dependence of Hc2∥ab on Tc was found to be linear, in contrast to the quadratic one for Hc2∥c. The slope dHc2∥ab∕dTc has a universal character; its value does not depend on the physical factor causing reduction of Tc, regardless if it is pressure or impurities. The observed effects demonstrate that the pressure application induces an increase in the electron-electron interaction. We show that this increase can be described in terms of a changing electron relaxation time, as in the case of impurities.

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Sr2RuO4

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