Study of pressure effect on the magnetic penetration depth in MgB$_2$

Abstract

A study of the pressure effect on the magnetic penetration depth $λ$ in polycrystalline MgB$_{2}$ was performed by measuring the temperature dependence of the magnetization under an applied pressure of 0.15 and 1.13 GPa. We found that $λ^{-2}$ at low temperature is only slightly affected by pressure [$\frac{Δλ^{-2}}{λ^{-2}} = 1.5(9)%$], in contrast to cuprate superconductors, where, in the same range of pressure, a very large effect on $λ^{-2}$ was found. Theoretical estimates indicate that most of the pressure effect on $λ^{-2}$ in MgB$_2$ arises from the electron-phonon interaction.

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