Dramatic elastic response at the critical end point in UTe

Valika, M.*; Haidamak, T.*; Cabala, A.*; Pospil, J.*; Bastien, G.*; Sechovsk, V.*; Prokleka, J.*; 柳澤 達也*; Opletal, P.; 酒井 宏典; et al.

Physical Review Materials (Internet), 8(9), p.094415_1 - 094415_9, 2024/09

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.094415

Elastic responses at the metamagnetic transition in UTe are studied at high field. The elastic anomaly becomes the strongest at the critical-end-point. Similar behavior was also observed in another metamagnet UCoAl, suggesting a universal elastic response triggered by critical magnetic fluctuations.