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E. Bauer, I. Bonalde, M. Sigrist:
"Superconductivity and normal state properties of non-centrosymmetric CePt₃Si: a status report";
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Vol. 31 (2005), 8; 748 - 756.

Ternary CePt₃Si crystallizes in the tetragonal P4mm structure which lacks a center of inversion. Antiferromagnetic order sets in at T_N~ 2.2 K followed by superconductivity (SC) below T_c~0.75 K. Large values of H'_c2=-8.5 T/K and H_c2(0)~5 T were derived, referring to Cooper pairs formed out of heavy quasiparticles. The mass enhancement originates from Kondo interactions with a characteristic temperature T_K~8 K. CePt₃Si follows the general features of correlated electron systems and can be arranged within the Kadowaki-Woods plot next to the unconventional SC UPt₃. NMR and µSR results show that both magnetic order and SC coexist on a microscopic scale without having spatial segregation of both phenomena. The absence of an inversion symmetry gives rise to a lifting of the degeneracy of electronic bands by spin-orbit coupling. As a consequence, the SC order parameter may have uncommon features as indicated from a very unique NMR relaxation rate 1/T₁ and a linear temperature dependence of the penetration depth .

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2008135