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Phenomenological Theory of Superconductivity and Magnetism in Ho1-xDyxNi2B2C

Hyeonjin Doh, Manfred Sigrist, B. K. Cho, Sung-Ik Lee

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/9910214

Abstract

The coexistence of the superconductivity and magnetism in the Ho1-xDyxNi2B2C is studied by using Ginzburg-Landau theory. This alloy shows the coexistence and complex interplay of superconducting and magnetic order. We propose a phenomenological model which includes two magnetic and two superconducting order parameters accounting for the multi-band structure of this material. We describe phenomenologically the magnetic fluctuations and order and demonstrate that they lead to anomalous behavior of the upper critical field. The doping dependence of Tc in Ho1-xDyxNi2B2C showing a reentrance behavior are analyzed yielding a very good agreement with experimental data.

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