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Evolution of superconductivity in Pr1-xLaxOs4Sb12: Upper critical field measurements

C. R. Rotundu, H. Tsujii, P. Kumar, B. Andraka, H. Sugawara, Y. Aoki, H. Sato

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0606730

Abstract

Measurements of the upper critical field Hc2 near Tc of Pr1- xLaxOs4Sb12 were performed by specific heat. A positive curvature in Hc2 versus T was observed in samples and concentrations exhibiting two superconducting transitions. These results argue against this curvature being due to two-band superconductivity. The critical field slope - dHc2/dT suggests the existence of a crossover concentration xcr ≈ 0.25, below which there is a rapid suppression of effective electron mass with La-alloying. This crossover concentration was previously detected in the measurement of the discontinuity of C/T at Tc.

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