Exotic superconducting phase inCeCu2Si2close to antiferromagnetism: A Cu-NQR study under hydrostatic pressure

Abstract
We report Cu nuclear-quadrupole-resonance results under pressure (P) on a homogeneous CeCu2Si2 (Tc=0.65 K) that revealed critical magnetic fluctuations at the border to an antiferromagnetic (AF) phase. This exotic superconducting (SC) phase evolves into the typical heavy-fermion SC phase at minute pressures exceeding Pc0.2 GPa. The nuclear spin-lattice relaxation data in a P range 0.85 – 2.58 GPa are shown to be accountable by the spin-fluctuation theory based on the nearly AF Fermi-liquid model. In 0<~P<Pc0.2 GPa, by contrast, we conclude that the exotic SC phase manifests itself under the unconventional normal state where AF waves propagate over a long range without any trace of AF order and thereby the heavy-fermion state breaks up.
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