Scaling of the magnetoresistance of UBe13 under pressure

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Abstract
We report magnetoresistance measurements of the heavy electron compound UBe13 above the superconducting transition temperature Tc and below 4 K for pressures P up to 19 kbar and for magnetic fields H up to 9 T. We observe strong negative magnetoresistance at all pressures and temperatures. The resistivity ρ is quadratic in temperature T from Tc up to a maximum temperature of 1 K at 1 bar increasing to 2 K at 19 kbar. The slope of the T2 term decreases with both H and with P. We find that δ(H)≡−[ρ(H)−ρ(0)]/ρ(0) for a given pressure scales as a function of H/T and exhibits power‐law behavior over one decade with an exponent of 1.7. In addition, δ(H) at high pressure shows this same power law over a more limited H/T range.