Muon spin rotation and relaxation in the superconducting ferromagnet UCoGe

Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Apr 24;102(16):167003. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.167003. Epub 2009 Apr 22.

Abstract

We report zero-field muon-spin rotation and relaxation measurements on the superconducting ferromagnet UCoGe. Weak itinerant ferromagnetic order is detected by a spontaneous muon-spin precession frequency below the Curie temperature TC=3 K. The micro+ precession frequency persists below the bulk superconducting transition temperature Tsc=0.5 K, where it measures a local magnetic field Bloc=0.015 T. The amplitude of the microSR signal provides unambiguous proof for ferromagnetism present in the whole sample volume. We conclude ferromagnetism coexists with superconductivity on the microscopic scale.