Low-temperature $\left(T\right)$ heat-capacity measurements under hydrostatic pressure of up to $p\approx 2.1\text{GPa}$ have been performed on single-crystalline ${\text{CeCu}}_2{\text{Si}}_2$. A broad superconducting (SC) region exists in the $T\text{−}p$ phase diagram. In the low-pressure region antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations and in the high-pressure region valence fluctuations had previously been proposed to mediate Cooper pairing. We could identify these two distinct SC regions. We found different thermodynamic properties of the SC phase in both regions, supporting the proposal that different mechanisms might be implied in the formation of superconductivity. We suggest that different SC order parameters are characterizing the two distinct SC regions.

• Received 29 July 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.140513