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arXiv 2005.01659cond-mat.str-elcond-mat.supr-con
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中间价态UTe2中压力诱导反铁磁量子临界点的证据

Evidence for a pressure-induced antiferromagnetic quantum critical point in intermediate valence UTe2

S. M. Thomas, F. B. Santos, M. H. Christensen, T. Asaba, F. Ronning, J. D. Thompson, E. D. Bauer, R. M. Fernandes, G. Fabbris, P. F. S. Rosa

摘要:

UTe $_2$是最近发现的一种非常规超导体,由于其具有许多有趣的性质而引起了人们的极大兴趣,如超导态下的大剩余态密度、高磁场下的重入超导性以及潜在的自旋三重态拓扑超导性。我们的交流量热法,电阻率和X射线吸收的研究UTe $_2$施加压力下揭示了关键的新见解超导和磁状态周围的压力诱导的量子临界P $_{c1}$ = 1.3 GPa。首先,我们在低压下的比热数据,结合唯象模型,表明压力改变了两个密切竞争的超导订单之间的平衡。第二,近1.5 GPa,我们检测到两个散装转变,触发电阻率的变化,这是符合反铁磁秩序,而不是铁磁性。在P $_{c2}$ = 1.4 GPa以上的压力下,体磁性和超导性的存在导致在超导状态的相变和超导状态的相变之间存在显著的温度差,这表明磁序对超导体积分数的抑制。第三,磁性的出现伴随着朝向U $^{4+}$(5f2)态的价态增加,这表明UTe $_2$在环境压力下表现出中间价态。我们的研究结果表明,反铁磁涨落可能发挥更重要的作用,超导状态的UTe $_2$比以前认为的。

英文摘要:

UTe$_2$ is a recently discovered unconventional superconductor that has attracted much interest due to its many intriguing properties - a large residual density-of-states in the superconducting state, re-entrant superconductivity in high magnetic fields, and potentially spin-triplet topological superconductivity. Our ac calorimetry, electrical resistivity, and x-ray absorption study of UTe$_2$ under applied pressure reveals key new insights on the superconducting and magnetic states surrounding pressure-induced quantum criticality at P$_{c1}$ = 1.3 GPa. First, our specific heat data at low pressures, combined with a phenomenological model, show that pressure alters the balance between two closely competing superconducting orders. Second, near 1.5 GPa we detect two bulk transitions that trigger changes in the resistivity which are consistent with antiferromagnetic order, rather than ferromagnetism. The presence of both bulk magnetism and superconductivity at pressures above P$_{c2}$ = 1.4 GPa results in a significant temperature difference between resistively and thermodynamically determined transitions into the superconducting state, which indicates a suppression of the superconducting volume fraction by magnetic order. Third, the emergence of magnetism is accompanied by an increase in valence towards a U$^{4+}$ (5f2) state, which indicates that UTe$_2$ exhibits intermediate valence at ambient pressure. Our results suggest that antiferromagnetic fluctuations may play a more significant role on the superconducting state of UTe$_2$ than previously thought.

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