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Phys. Rev. B 30, 5336–5338 (1984)

Spin susceptibility and spin-spin relaxation in superconductors

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A. J. Fedro
Materials Science and Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 and Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115

J. E. Robinson
Materials Science and Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439

Received 9 May 1984; published in the issue dated 1 November 1984

It is shown that the conduction-electron spin susceptibility χ(r) and thus the indirect interaction between magnetic impurities in superconductors can lead to new behavior in very dilute systems that is absent at higher impurity concentrations and that is compatible with recent experiment. In the superconducting state we find that χ(r) decays exponentially at all r, the spin-spin coupling can be antiferromagnetic at intermediate r, and the spin-spin relaxation rate depends markedly on Fermi-surface anisotropy.

© 1984 The American Physical Society

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10.1103/PhysRevB.30.5336
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