Structural tuning of unconventional superconductivity in PuMGa5 (M=Co,Rh)

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Oct 1;93(14):147005. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.147005. Epub 2004 Sep 29.

Abstract

The superconducting properties of the recently discovered PuMGa5 (M=Co,Rh) superconductors, including the power law behavior of the specific heat, the evolution of the superconducting transition T(c) temperature with pressure, and the linear relation between T(c) and ratio of tetragonal lattice parameters c/a, are compared to those of the heavy fermion CeMIn5 (M=Co,Rh,Ir) unconventional superconductors. The striking similarity of the properties between the two families of superconductors suggests a common physics and a common (magnetically mediated) mechanism of superconductivity.