Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 34, No. 2, February 2003, page 511


One Hump or Two? Stoner's Camel as a Model of UGe2

K.G. Sandeman, G.G. Lonzarich, A.J. Schofield

We present a model of changing Fermi surface geometry in a ferromagnetic, spin-split environment, where the control parameter is the Stoner exchange energy. A two-peak density of states, here obtained from a quasi-one-dimensional bandstructure allows two jumps in magnetisation. The jump at finite magnetisation can be first order, and may occur near a maximum in the transition temperature for a triplet superconducting instability. Our motivation is the ferromagnetic superconductor, UGe2.

PACS numbers: 74.20.Mn, 75.10.Lp, 74.70.Tx


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