The crystal structure and bonding environment of K2Ca(CO3)2bütschliite were probed under isothermal compression via Raman spectroscopy to 95 GPa and single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction to 12 and 68 GPa, respectively. A second order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state fit to the X-ray data yields a bulk modulus,
Superfluid3He is a paradigm for odd-parity Cooper pairing, ranging from neutron stars to uranium-based superconducting compounds. Recently it has been shown that3He, imbibed in anisotropic silica aerogel with either positive or negative strain, preferentially selects either the chiral A-phase or the time-reversal-symmetric B-phase. This control over basic order parameter symmetry provides a useful model for understanding imperfect unconventional superconductors. For both phases, the orbital quantization axis is fixed by the direction of strain. Unexpectedly, at a specific temperature
- Award ID(s):
- 2210112
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10484060
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- Nature Publishing Group
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- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Volume:
- 15
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- 1
- ISSN:
- 2041-1723
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- National Science Foundation
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