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Buhot J, Méasson MA, Gallais Y, Cazayous M, Sacuto A, Lapertot G, Aoki D. Symmetry of the excitations in the hidden order state of URu2Si2. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:266405. [PMID: 25615363 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.266405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We perform polarized electronic Raman scattering on URu2Si2 single crystals at low temperature down to 8 K in the hidden-order state and under a magnetic field up to 10 T. The hidden-order state is characterized by a sharp excitation at 1.7 meV and a gap in the electronic continuum below 6.8 meV. Both Raman signatures are of pure A2g symmetry. By comparing the behavior of the Raman sharp excitation and the neutron resonance at Q0=(0,0,1), we provide new evidence, constrained by selection rules of the two probes, that the hidden-order state breaks the translational symmetry along the c axis such that Γ and Z points fold on top of each other. The observation of these distinct Raman features with a peculiar A2g symmetry as a signature of the hidden-order phase places strong constraints on current theories of the hidden-order in URu2Si2.
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- J Buhot
- Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, UMR 7162 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Bâtiment Condorcet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, UMR 7162 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Bâtiment Condorcet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, UMR 7162 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Bâtiment Condorcet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, UMR 7162 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Bâtiment Condorcet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, UMR 7162 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Bâtiment Condorcet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, INAC-SPSMS, F-38000 Grenoble, France and CEA, INAC-SPSMS, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, INAC-SPSMS, F-38000 Grenoble, France and CEA, INAC-SPSMS, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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Chatterjee S, Trinckauf J, Hänke T, Shai DE, Harter JW, Williams TJ, Luke GM, Shen KM, Geck J. Formation of the coherent heavy fermion liquid at the hidden order transition in URu2Si2. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:186401. [PMID: 23683224 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.186401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Revised: 03/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We present high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectra of the heavy-fermion superconductor URu2Si2. Detailed measurements as a function of both photon energy and temperature allow us to disentangle a variety of spectral features, revealing the evolution of the low-energy electronic structure across the "hidden order" transition. Above the transition, our measurements reveal the existence of weakly dispersive states that exhibit a large scattering rate and do not appear to shift from above to below the Fermi level, as previously reported. Upon entering the hidden order phase, these states rapidly hybridize with light conduction band states and transform into a coherent heavy fermion liquid, coincident with a dramatic drop in the scattering rate. This evolution is in stark contrast with the gradual crossover expected in Kondo lattice systems, which we attribute to the coupling of the heavy fermion states to the hidden order parameter.
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- Shouvik Chatterjee
- Department of Physics, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Das T. Spin-orbit density wave induced hidden topological order in URu2Si2. Sci Rep 2012; 2:596. [PMID: 22916332 PMCID: PMC3424526 DOI: 10.1038/srep00596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The conventional order parameters in quantum matters are often characterized by 'spontaneous' broken symmetries. However, sometimes the broken symmetries may blend with the invariant symmetries to lead to mysterious emergent phases. The heavy fermion metal URu2Si2 is one such example, where the order parameter responsible for a second-order phase transition at Th=17.5 K has remained a long-standing mystery. Here we propose via ab-initio calculation and effective model that a novel spin-orbit density wave in the f-states is responsible for the hidden-order phase in URu2Si2. The staggered spin-orbit order spontaneously breaks rotational, and translational symmetries while time-reversal symmetry remains intact. Thus it is immune to pressure, but can be destroyed by magnetic field even at T=0 K, that means at a quantum critical point. We compute topological index of the order parameter to show that the hidden order is topologically invariant. Finally, some verifiable predictions are presented.
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- Tanmoy Das
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
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Park WK, Tobash PH, Ronning F, Bauer ED, Sarrao JL, Thompson JD, Greene LH. Observation of the hybridization gap and Fano resonance in the Kondo lattice URu2Si2. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:246403. [PMID: 23004299 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.246403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The nature of the second-order phase transition that occurs in URu2Si2 at 17.5 K remains puzzling despite intensive research. A key question emerging in the field is whether a hybridization gap between the renormalized bands can be identified as the "hidden" order parameter. We report on the measurement of a hybridization gap in URu2Si2 employing a spectroscopic technique based on quasiparticle scattering. The differential conductance exhibits an asymmetric double-peak structure, a clear signature for a Fano resonance in a Kondo lattice. The hybridization gap opens well above 17.5 K, indicating that it is not the hidden order parameter. Our results put stringent constraints on the origin of the hidden order transition in URu2Si2 and demonstrate that quasiparticle scattering spectroscopy can probe the band renormalizations in a Kondo lattice via detection of a novel type of Fano resonance.
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- W K Park
- Department of Physics and the Frederick Seitz Material Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
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Elgazzar S, Rusz J, Amft M, Oppeneer PM, Mydosh JA. Hidden order in URu2Si2 originates from Fermi surface gapping induced by dynamic symmetry breaking. NATURE MATERIALS 2009; 8:337-341. [PMID: 19234447 DOI: 10.1038/nmat2395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2008] [Accepted: 01/20/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Spontaneous, collective ordering of electronic degrees of freedom leads to second-order phase transitions that are characterized by an order parameter driving the transition. The notion of a 'hidden order' has recently been used for a variety of materials where a clear phase transition occurs without a known order parameter. The prototype example is the heavy-fermion compound URu(2)Si(2), where a mysterious hidden-order transition occurs at 17.5 K. For more than twenty years this system has been studied theoretically and experimentally without a firm grasp of the underlying physics. Here, we provide a microscopic explanation of the hidden order using density-functional theory calculations. We identify the Fermi surface 'hot spots' where degeneracy induces a Fermi surface instability and quantify how symmetry breaking lifts the degeneracy, causing a surprisingly large Fermi surface gapping. As the mechanism for the hidden order, we deduce spontaneous symmetry breaking through a dynamic mode of antiferromagnetic moment excitations.
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- S Elgazzar
- Department of Physics and Materials Science, Uppsala University, Box 530, S-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden
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Sharma PA, Harrison N, Jaime M, Oh YS, Kim KH, Batista CD, Amitsuka H, Mydosh JA. Phonon thermal transport of URu2Si2: broken translational symmetry and strong-coupling of the "hidden order" to the lattice. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:156401. [PMID: 17155346 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.156401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2005] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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A dramatic increase in the total thermal conductivity (kappa) is observed in the hidden order (HO) state of single crystal URu2Si2. Through measurements of the thermal Hall conductivity, we explicitly show that the electronic contribution to kappa is extremely small, so that this large increase in kappa is dominated by phonon conduction. An itinerant BCS or mean-field model describes this behavior well: the increase in kappa is associated with the opening of a large energy gap at the Fermi surface, thereby decreasing electron-phonon scattering. Our analysis implies that the "hidden order" parameter is strongly coupled to the lattice, suggestive of a broken symmetry involving charge degrees of freedom.
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- P A Sharma
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS E536, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Kasahara Y, Shimono Y, Shibauchi T, Matsuda Y, Yonezawa S, Muraoka Y, Hiroi Z. Thermal conductivity of the pyrochlore superconductor KOs2O6: strong electron correlations and fully gapped superconductivity. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:247004. [PMID: 16907273 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.247004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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To elucidate the nature of the superconducting ground state of the geometrically frustrated pyrochlore KOs2O6 (Tc=9.6 K), the thermal conductivity was measured down to low temperatures (approximately Tc/100). We found that the quasiparticle mean free path is strikingly enhanced below a transition at Tp=7.8 K, indicating enormous electron inelastic scattering in the normal state. In magnetic fields, the conduction at T-->0 K is nearly constant up to approximately 0.4Hc2, in contrast with the rapid growth expected for superconductors with an anisotropic gap. This unambiguously indicates a fully gapped superconductivity, in contrast with previous studies. These results highlight that KOs2O6 is unique among superconductors with strong electron correlations.
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- Y Kasahara
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Behnia K, Bel R, Kasahara Y, Nakajima Y, Jin H, Aubin H, Izawa K, Matsuda Y, Flouquet J, Haga Y, Onuki Y, Lejay P. Thermal transport in the hidden-order state of URu2Si2. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2005; 94:156405. [PMID: 15904167 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.156405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2004] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We present a study of thermal conductivity in the normal state of the heavy-fermion superconductor URu2Si2. Ordering at 18 K leads to a steep increase in thermal conductivity and (in contrast with all other cases of magnetic ordering in heavy-fermion compounds) to an enhancement of the Lorenz number. By linking this observation to several other previously reported features, we conclude that most of the carriers disappear in the ordered state and this leads to a drastic increase in both the phononic and electronic mean free path.
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- K Behnia
- Laboratoire de Physique Quantique (CNRS), ESPCI, 10 Rue de Vauquelin, 75231 Paris, France
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Harrison N, Jaime M, Mydosh JA. Reentrant hidden order at a metamagnetic quantum critical end point. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 90:096402. [PMID: 12689244 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.90.096402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Magnetization measurements of URu2Si2 in pulsed magnetic fields of 44 T reveal that the hidden order phase is destroyed before appearing in the form of a reentrant phase between approximately 36 and 39 T. Evidence for conventional itinerant electron metamagnetism at higher temperatures suggests that the reentrant phase is created in the vicinity of a quantum critical end point.
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- N Harrison
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, LANL, MS-E536, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Bourdarot F, Fåk B, Habicht K, Prokes K. Inflection point in the magnetic field dependence of the ordered moment of URu2Si2 observed by neutron scattering in fields up to 17 T. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 90:067203. [PMID: 12633324 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.90.067203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We have measured the magnetic field dependence of the ordered antiferromagnetic moment and the magnetic excitations in the heavy-fermion superconductor URu2Si2 for fields up to 17 T applied along the tetragonal c axis, using neutron scattering. The decrease of the magnetic intensity of the tiny moment with increasing field does not follow a simple power law, but shows a clear inflection point, indicating that the moment disappears first at the metamagnetic transition at approximately 40 T. This suggests that the moment m is connected to a hidden order parameter psi which belongs to the same irreducible representation breaking time-reversal symmetry. The magnetic excitation gap at the antiferromagnetic zone center Q = (1,0,0) increases continuously with increasing field, while that at Q = (1.4,0,0) is nearly constant. This field dependence is opposite to that of the gap extracted from specific-heat data.
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- F Bourdarot
- Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, SPSMS/MDN, CEA Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble, France
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Chandra P, Coleman P, Mydosh JA, Tripathi V. Hidden orbital order in the heavy fermion metal URu(2)Si(2). Nature 2002; 417:831-4. [PMID: 12075346 DOI: 10.1038/nature00795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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When matter is cooled from high temperatures, collective instabilities develop among its constituent particles that lead to new kinds of order. An anomaly in the specific heat is a classic signature of this phenomenon. Usually the associated order is easily identified, but sometimes its nature remains elusive. The heavy fermion metal URu(2)Si(2) is one such example, where the order responsible for the sharp specific heat anomaly at T(0) = 17 K has remained unidentified despite more than seventeen years of effort. In URu(2)Si(2), the coexistence of large electron electron repulsion and antiferromagnetic fluctuations leads to an almost incompressible heavy electron fluid, where anisotropically paired quasiparticle states are energetically favoured. Here we develop a proposal for the nature of the hidden order in URu(2)Si(2). We show that incommensurate orbital antiferromagnetism, associated with circulating currents between the uranium ions, can account for the local fields and entropy loss observed at the 17 K transition. We make detailed predictions for the outcome of neutron scattering measurements based on this proposal, so that it can be tested experimentally.
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- P Chandra
- NEC, 4 Independence Way, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
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Bernal OO, Rodrigues C, Martinez A, Lukefahr HG, MacLaughlin DE, Menovsky AA, Mydosh JA. 29Si NMR and hidden order in URu2Si2. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2001; 87:196402. [PMID: 11690437 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.196402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Below T(N) approximately 17 K the 29Si NMR line in URu2Si2 exhibits a previously unobserved field-independent nearly isotropic contribution to the linewidth, which increases to approximately 12 G as T-->0. We argue that this feature does not arise from static freezing of the U-spin magnetization, but is due to coupling between 29Si spins and a hidden order parameter. We discuss time-reversal symmetry-breaking orbital antiferromagnetism and indirect nuclear spin-spin interactions as possible coupling mechanisms. Further NMR experiments and theoretical calculations are suggested.
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- O O Bernal
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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Santini P, Amoretti G, Caciuffo R, Bourdarot F, Fåk B. Field-dependent energy scales in URu(2)Si(2). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2000; 85:654-657. [PMID: 10991363 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.85.654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/1999] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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At low temperature, macroscopic properties of URu(2)Si(2) display a characteristic energy scale delta(0)(B) which decreases when a magnetic field is applied, and eventually vanishes at an extrapolated value of the field of about 40 T. We have performed inelastic neutron scattering measurements of the magnetic dynamics of URu(2)Si(2) in applied fields along the c axis of intensities up to 12 T. We show that delta(0)(B) is not related to gaps in the magnetic fluctuations spectra. This provides direct evidence of the fact that two distinct energy scales govern the physics of this compound.
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- P Santini
- Oxford Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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