BARC/PUB/2005/0432

 
 

dHvA oscillations, upper critical field and the peak effect studies in a single crystal of LuNi2B2C

 
     
 
Author(s)

Jaiswal-Nagar, D.; Thakur, A. D.; Eskildsen, M. R.; Yusuf, S. M.; and others
(SSPD)

Source

Physica B, 2005. Vol. 359-361: pp. 476-478

ABSTRACT

The dHvA oscillations in crystals of LuNi2B2C are known to persist deep inside the vortex state, across the region of the peak effect located at the edge of the irreversibility field normal phase boundary. This makes the identification of Hc2(T) ambiguous in magnetization hysteresis loops at temperatures at which the dHvA signal is prominent. One can overcome this difficulty if Hc2(T) value is ascertained from the measurement of isothermal quadrupole moment (Q) vs.field values using a vibrating sample magnetometer. In these crystals, one can witness dHvA oscillations up to about 8K and we show that Q(T) data in LuNi2B2C can be used to construct the vortex phase diagram over the entire (H,T) range.

 
 
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