Abstract
High-resolution specific-heat measurements on a small (0.2 mg) single crystal of κ-(BEDT-TTFCu(NCS in magnetic fields up to 5 T reveal a jump ΔC at . Comparison with γ=34 mJ/mol derived from Pauli paramagnetism yields ΔC/γ=1.50±0.15, within experimental error of the BCS value of 1.43. Application of a magnetic field broadens the transition but depresses it only slightly: -=16 T/K for H parallel to the planes, 0.75 T/K perpendicular. These very large values are, respectively, factors of 7 and 4 times higher than reported from magnetoresistance data, suggesting that flux-flow resistance obscures in magnetoresistance measurements, much as it does in the ceramic high- materials. No evidence is found for the presence of an anomaly near 4 K, as observed in proton NMR relaxation rates.
- Received 27 November 1989
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.41.4808
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