Abstract
The temperature (T) as a function of pressure (P) phase diagram is reported for the cubic Laves phase compound Au2Pb, which was recently proposed to support linearly dispersing topological bands, together with conventional quadratic bands. At ambient pressure, Au2Pb exhibits several structural phase transitions at T1=97K, T2=51K, and T3=40K with superconductivity below Tc=1.2K. Applied pressure results in a rich phase diagram where T1,T2, and T3 evolve strongly with P and a possible new phase is stabilized for P>0.64 GPa that also supports superconductivity below 1.1 K. These observations suggest that Au2Pb is an ideal system in which to investigate the relationship between structural degrees of freedom, band topology, and resulting anomalous behaviors.
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.045118
Rights Information
© 2064 American Physical Society
Publication Date
1-19-2016
Recommended Citation
Chen, K. W., D. Graf, T. Besara, A. Gallagher, N. Kikugawa, L. Balicas, T. Siegrist, A. Shekhter, and R. E. Baumbach. "Temperature-pressure phase diagram of cubic Laves phase Au 2 Pb." Physical Review B 93, no. 4 (2016): 045118.
Journal Title
Physical Review B
