AC Microcalorimetry of Superconducting MgCNi3 Single Crystals |
| J. Kačmarčík, Z. Pribulová, P. Samuely
Centre of Low Temperature Physics IEP SAS & FS UPJŠ, Watsonova 47, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia C. Marcenat CEA-Grenoble, Département de Recherche Fondamental, sur la Matière Condensée, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France T. Klein Institut Néel, CNRS, BP166 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France D.-J. Jang, H.-G. Lee, H.-S. Lee and S.-I. Lee NCRICS and Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea |
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| Received: 9 07 2007; |
| The low-temperature specific heat of single-crystal samples of superconducting MgCNi3 with typical dimensions 200 μm were measured for the first time. A computer controlled ac microcalorimeter using an optical fiber and an infrared light-emitting diode as the heat source was used down to 2 K at magnetic fields up to 8 T. The specific heat data suggest a moderate coupling in MgCNi3. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.113.363 PACS numbers: 74.70.Ad, 74.25.Bt |