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A signature of hidden order in URu2Si2 : the excitation at the wavevector Q0 = (100)

2008/05/06 by A. Villaume, Villaume, A., F. Bourdarot +13
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Rare-earth and actinide compounds #Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el) #cond-mat.str-el

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0805.0672

5 figures, 4 pages

arxiv created 2008/05/06 · openalex publication_date 2008/05/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Simultaneous neutron-scattering and thermal expansion measurements on the heavy-fermion superconductor URu2Si2 under hydrostatic pressure of 0.67 GPa have been performed in order to detect the successive paramagnetic, hidden order, and large moment antiferromagnetic phases on cooling. The temperature dependence of the sharp low energy excitation at the wavevector Q0=(100) shows that this excitation is clearly a signature of the hidden order state. In the antiferromagnetic phase, this collective mode disappears. The higher energy excitation at the incommensurate wavevector Q1=(1.4,0,0) persists in the antiferromagnetic phase but increases in energy. The collapse of the inelastic neutron scattering at Q0 coincides with the previous observation of the disappearance of superconductivity.

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