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Superconductivity in the Heusler Family of Intermetallics

Jürgen WinterlikGerhard H. FecherClaudia FelserKrzysztof GofrykJoe D. ThompsonRobert J. CavaJean-christophe GriveauTomasz KlimczukTomasz KlimczukEric ColineauD. J. SafarikFilip RonningC. H. Wang

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SuperconductivityPhysicsCondensed Matter - Materials ScienceCondensed matter physicsCondensed Matter - SuperconductivityIntermetallicMaterials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)FOS: Physical sciences02 engineering and technology021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyCondensed Matter PhysicsCoupling (probability)01 natural sciences3. Good healthElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSuperconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)Condensed Matter::Materials ScienceCondensed Matter::Superconductivity0103 physical sciences010306 general physics0210 nano-technology

description

Several physical properties of the superconducting Heusler compounds, focusing on two systems (Y, Lu, Sc)Pd2Sn and APd2M, where A=Hf, Zr and M=Al, In, are summarized and compared. The analysis of the data shows the importance of the electron-phonon coupling for superconductivity in this family. We report the superconducting parameters of YPd2Sn, which has the highest Tc among all known Heusler superconductors.

https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1205.0433