Abstract
This review considers studies of the normal and superconducting state of the heavy-fermion superconductor UPt 3 ( γ = 422 mJ/K 2molU, T c = 0.5 K). We discuss a large variety of experiments, most of them performed on good quality single crystals. Concerning the normal state we concentrate on the magnetic, thermal, elastic and transport properties. These properties can be fairly described in a spin-fluctuation model. Experiments concerning the superconducting phase reveal several unusual features. The possibility of an unconventional pairing mechanism is discussed. On alloying UPt 3 with Pd, additional anomalies are observed, suggesting that UPt 3 is close to an antiferromagnetic instability.
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