Incommensurate antiferromagnetism in UTe under pressure

Knafo, W.*; Thebault, T.*; Raymond, S.*; Manuel, P.*; Khalyavin, D. D.*; Orlandi, F.*; Ressouche, E.*; Beauvois, K.*; Lapertot, G.*; 金子 耕士; et al.

Physical Review X, 15(2), p.021075_1 - 021075_16, 2025/05

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.15.021075

The discovery of multiple superconducting phases in UTe boosted research on correlated-electron physics. This heavy-fermion paramagnet was rapidly identified as a reference compound to study the interplay between magnetism and unconventional superconductivity with multiple degrees of freedom. The proximity to a ferromagnetic quantum phase transition was initially proposed as a driving force to triplet-pairing superconductivity. However, we find here that long-range incommensurate antiferromagnetic order is established under pressure. The propagation vector k = (0.07, 0.33, 1) of the antiferromagnetic phase is close to a wavevector where antiferromagnetic fluctuations have previously been observed at ambient pressure. These elements support that UTe is a nearly-antiferromagnet at ambient pressure. Our work appeals for theories modelling the evolution of the magnetic interactions and electronic properties, driving a correlated paramagnetic regime at ambient pressure to a long-range antiferromagnetic order under pressure. A deeper understanding of itinerant-f-electrons magnetism in UTe will be a key for describing its unconventional superconducting phases.

Feedback of superconductivity on the magnetic excitation spectrum of UTe

Raymond, S.*; Knafo, W.*; Knebel, G.*; 金子 耕士; Brison, J.-P.*; Flouquet, J.*; 青木 大*; Lapertot, G.*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 90(11), p.113706_1 - 113706_5, 2021/11

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.90.113706

We investigate the spin dynamics in the superconducting phase of UTe by triple-axis inelastic neutron scattering on a single crystal sample. At the wave-vector = (0, 0.57, 0), where the normal state antiferromagnetic correlations are peaked, a modification of the excitation spectrum is evidenced, on crossing the superconducting transition, with a reduction of the relaxation rate together with the development of an inelastic peak at 1 meV. The low dimensional nature and the a-axis polarization of the fluctuations, that characterise the normal state, are essentially maintained below Tsc. The high ratio of 7.2 contrasts with the most common behaviour in heavy fermion superconductors.

dependence of nuclear spin-echo decay at low temperatures in YbRhSi

神戸 振作; 酒井 宏典; 徳永 陽; 服部 泰佑; Lapertot, G.*; 松田 達磨*; Knebel, G.*; Flouquet, J.*; Walstedt, R. E.*

Physical Review B, 95(19), p.195121_1 - 195121_8, 2017/05

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.195121

YbRhSiの単結晶について、Si核スピンエコー振動と減衰を測定した。これらの量は、300Kから20Kまで温度依存がないが、温度依存が20K以下であることを示している。これらの振動と減衰は、最近傍Si核間のRuderman-Kittelおよび擬似双極子相互作用によるものである。したがって、フェルミ準位近傍の電子状態は、20K以下で変化していることが結論できる。低温におけるフェルミ面の可能な改変について議論する。

Anisotropic magnetic fluctuations in YbRhSi

神戸 振作; 酒井 宏典; 徳永 陽; Lapertot, G.*; 松田 達磨*; Knebel, G.*; Flouquet, J.*; Walstedt, R. E.*

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 592(1), p.012085_1 - 012085_5, 2015/03

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/592/1/012085

最近、強相関電子系金属システムにおけるT=0Kでの量子相転移(QCPT)に新たな興味がもたれている。初期の実験結果から近藤格子YbRhSiのQCPTは、Ce系での通常のスピン密度波(SDW)不安定とは異なる局所QCPTであると考えられている。本研究では、共存した静的なフェルミ液体(FL)および非フェルミ液体(NFL)状態がYbRhSiのQCPTの重要な特徴であることを明らかにした。そのような共存状態は、Ce系では短い時間スケールのため観測できなかったと考えられる。2相共存に関する新しいスケーリング則についても議論する。

Field-induced order in heavy-fermion compound YbCoZn

金子 耕士; Raymond, S.*; Ressouche, E.*; Lapertot, G.*; 竹内 徹也*; 広瀬 雄介*; 本多 史憲*; 大貫 惇睦

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 3, p.011061_1 - 011061_5, 2014/06

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.3.011061

YbCoZn has a heavy-fermion ground state with an enormously large Sommerfeld coefficient of 8 J/molK, and that is sensitive to external fields. Whereas pressure induces antiferromagnetic order, magnetic field induces metamagnetic transitions around 0.5 T, and new ordered state appears above 6 T for . In order to get insights into electronic states and its magnetic field response, neutron scattering experiments on single crystalline samples were carried. In a field-induced phase, magnetic reflections were successfully observed, which has a different propagation vector to that of pressure induced phase. Inelastic neutron scattering probes a crystal-field excitation at a low excitation energy which overlaps to quasielastic response. The results suggest degenerated energy scale, and that leads to variety of external response in YbCoZn.

Magnetic polarization and Fermi surface instability; Case of YbRhSi

Pourret, A.*; Knebel, G.*; 松田 達磨; Lapertot, G.*; Flouquet, J.*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 82(5), p.053704_1 - 053704_5, 2013/05

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.82.053704

Thermoelectric and resistivity measurements in the antiferromagnetic heavy fermion compound YbRhSi under high magnetic field are reported. At low temperature, the thermoelectric power and resistivity present distinct anomalies as a function of magnetic field. They are resulting from a Lifshitz-type topological transition of the Fermi surface.

Evidence for three fluctuation channels in the spin resonance of the unconventional superconductor CeCoIn

Raymond, S.*; 金子 耕士; Hiess, A.*; Steffens, P.*; Lapertot, G.*

Physical Review Letters, 109(23), p.237210_1 - 237210_5, 2012/12

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.237210

Polarized inelastic neutron scattering under magnetic field is used to get a microscopic insight into the spin resonance of the heavy fermion superconductor CeCoIn. The resonance lineshape is found to depend on the neutron polarization: Some of the spectral weight is common to the two polarization channels while the remaining part is distributed equally between them. This is evidence for the spin resonance being a degenerate mode with three fluctuation channels: A Zeeman split contribution and an additional longitudinal mode.

Magnetic and superconducting properties of CeTX (T:transition metal and X:Si and Ge) with non-centrosymmetric crystal structure

河井 友也*; 村中 大志*; Masson, M.-A.*; 下田 哲哉*; 土井 裕介*; 松田 達磨; 芳賀 芳範; Knebel, G.*; Lapertot, G.*; 青木 大*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 77(6), p.064716_1 - 064716_9, 2008/06

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.77.064716

反転中心を持たないセリウム化合物CeTXの単結晶による物性研究を行った。電気抵抗及び磁化の測定に加え、圧力効果を調べたところ、CeCoGeでは5.4GPa以上の圧力で反強磁性が消失し、超伝導が発現することを明らかにした。

Effect of magnetic field on magnetic excitation in heavy-fermion superconductors probed via neutron scattering

金子 耕士; Raymond, S.*; Hiess, A.*; Fk, B.*; Steffens, P.*; Lapertot, G.*; 摂待 力生*; 大貫 惇睦

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An interplay between magnetism and superconductivity is one of the main research subjects in the field of strongly correlated electron systems. Magnetic excitation of heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn (CCI5), which has the highest of 2.3 K among the Ce-based heavy-fermion superconductors, exhibits distinct change; a quasielastic magnetic response above turns into spin resonance below . Contrasting behaviour was obtained in non-centrosymmetric heavy-fermion superconductor CePtSi (CP3S) with = 2.2 K and 0.5 K. In CP3S, identical magnetic excitation spectra have been observed below and above . Instead, an external magnetic field induces a drastic enhancement of the antiferromagnetic moment. We will show our latest results on neutron scattering study under magnetic field to get insights into the nature of resonance in CCI5, and the origin of the antiferromagnetic moment enhancement in CP3S.

単結晶YbRhSiのNMR

神戸 振作; 徳永 陽; 酒井 宏典; 松田 達磨; 芳賀 芳範; Lapertot, G.*; 青木 大*; Flouquet, J.*; Brison, J. P.*

no journal, , 

NMR核であるSi同位体を52%濃縮した高品質のYbRhSiを作成した。Si同位体の自然存在比は、4%程度なので、この濃縮により測定積算時間を100分の1程度に短縮できる。この単結晶試料を用いて、NMRスピン格子緩和時間T測定を行った。この化合物では、H//c軸では0.66T、H//a軸では0.06Tで量子臨界点近傍になっていると推測されている。ここではまず低温でFermi液体になる7.2Tの磁場下で実験を行った。H//a軸の結果は石田らの結果を再現し6K以下でFermi液体にクロスオーバーしていくが、H//c軸では挙動が異なることが明らかになった。特異な磁気異方性に関する議論も行う。