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d-band metal Y9Co7 revisited: Evidence for local coexistence of superconductivity and itinerant ferromagnetism

Ł. Bochenek, K. Rogacki, A. Kołodziejczyk, T. Cichorek

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.235314 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

The heat capacity, magnetic, and electrical transport properties of the binary intermetallic compound Y9Co7 are re-investigated through careful low-temperature measurements performed on one and the same high-quality polycrystalline sample. Our results indicate a local coexistence of itinerant ferromagnetism and bulk superconductivity in Y9Co7 below Tsc=2.95 K, as opposite to a previous conviction that superconductivity occurs in the paramagnetic phase embedded in a basically normal magnetic environment. Since the clean-limit condition is satisfied for a pure sample of Y9Co7, the question whether magnetic fluctuations contribute in the formation of Cooper pairs in this sole d-band ferromagnetic superconductor remains open.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
Y9Co7

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2.95Pressure not reportedmidpoint
Y9Co7

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3.75Pressure not reportedonset
CeCu2Si2

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—Pressure not reportedunknown
UCoGe

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0.6Pressure not reportedunknown

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