Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Illinois scientists have found a magnetic state can coexist with superconductivity.
The researchers, who made the discovery while studying a compound made of cerium, rhodium and indium, say it’s a step toward a deeper understanding of how nature is organized in regimes ranging from the fabric of the cosmos to the most fundamental components of elementary particles.
Los Alamos scientists Tuson Park, Joe Thompson, and colleagues described the discovery of hidden magnetism in the CeRhIn5 compound in a recent issue of the scientific journal Nature.