Type-I superconductivity in YbSb2 single crystals
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We present evidence of type-I superconductivity in YbSb2 single crystals from dc and ac magnetization, heat capacity, and resistivity measurements. The critical temperature and critical field are determined to be Tc ≈ 1.3 K and Hc ≈ 55 Oe. A small Ginzburg-Landau parameter κ = 0.05, together with typical magnetization isotherms of type-I superconductors, small critical field values, a strong differential paramagnetic effect signal, and a fieldinduced change from second- to first-order phase transition, confirms the type-I nature of the superconductivity in YbSb2. A possible second superconducting state is observed in the radio-frequency susceptibility measurements, with T (2) c ≈ 0.41 K and H(2) c ≈ 430 Oe.
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Zhao, Liang L., Lausberg, Stefan, Kim, H., et al.. "Type-I superconductivity in YbSb2 single crystals." Physical Review B, 85, (2012) American Physical Society: 214526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.214526.