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Hidden Order and Exotic Superconductivity in the Heavy-Fermion Compound URu2Si2 [electronic resource] / by Ryuji Okazaki.

By: Okazaki, Ryuji [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research: Publisher: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013Description: XIII, 102 p. 71 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9784431545927.Subject(s): Physics | Optical materials | Physics | Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity | Low Temperature Physics | Optical and Electronic MaterialsDDC classification: 530.41 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- Heavy-Fermion Superconductor URu2Si2 -- Magnetic torque Study on the Hidden-Order Phase -- Lower Critical Field Study on the Superconducting Phase -- Vortex Lattice Melting Transition -- Conclusion.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: In this thesis, the author investigates hidden-order phase transition at T0 = 17.5 K in the heavy-fermion URu2Si2. The four-fold rotational symmetry breaking in the hidden order phase, which imposes a strong constraint on the theoretical model, is observed through the magnetic torque measurement. The translationally invariant phase with broken rotational symmetry is interpreted as meaning that the hidden-order phase is an electronic “nematic” phase. The observation of such nematicity in URu2Si2 indicates a ubiquitous nature among the strongly correlated electron systems. The author also studies the superconducting state of URu2Si2 below Tc = 1.4 K, which coexists with the hidden-order phase. A peculiar vortex penetration in the superconducting state is found, which may be related to the rotational symmetry breaking in the hidden-order phase. The author also identifies a vortex lattice melting transition. This transport study provides essential clues to the underlying issue of quasiparticle dynamics as to whether a quasiparticle Bloch state is realized in the periodic vortex lattice.
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Introduction -- Heavy-Fermion Superconductor URu2Si2 -- Magnetic torque Study on the Hidden-Order Phase -- Lower Critical Field Study on the Superconducting Phase -- Vortex Lattice Melting Transition -- Conclusion.

In this thesis, the author investigates hidden-order phase transition at T0 = 17.5 K in the heavy-fermion URu2Si2. The four-fold rotational symmetry breaking in the hidden order phase, which imposes a strong constraint on the theoretical model, is observed through the magnetic torque measurement. The translationally invariant phase with broken rotational symmetry is interpreted as meaning that the hidden-order phase is an electronic “nematic” phase. The observation of such nematicity in URu2Si2 indicates a ubiquitous nature among the strongly correlated electron systems. The author also studies the superconducting state of URu2Si2 below Tc = 1.4 K, which coexists with the hidden-order phase. A peculiar vortex penetration in the superconducting state is found, which may be related to the rotational symmetry breaking in the hidden-order phase. The author also identifies a vortex lattice melting transition. This transport study provides essential clues to the underlying issue of quasiparticle dynamics as to whether a quasiparticle Bloch state is realized in the periodic vortex lattice.

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