A generalized Ginzburg-Landau approach is used to study the nonmonotonic temperature dependence of the upper critical field H c 2(T) in antiferromagnetic superconductors RE(Mo)6S8; RE = Dy, Tb, Gd. It is found that electrodynamic effects incorporated through screening and indirect coupling between the staggered magnetization M Q (T) and superconducting order parameter ψ cannot explain the observed nonmonotonicity. This suggests that the direct coupling between the two order parameters should be considered to understand the experimental results, a finding which is consistent with recent microscopic calculations.
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Mahanti, S.D., Sinha, K.P. & Atre, M.V. A theory of the upper critical field in antiferromagnetic superconductors. J Low Temp Phys 44, 1–10 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00115071
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