Pressure-induced structural phase transition and new superconducting phase in UTe2

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العنوان: Pressure-induced structural phase transition and new superconducting phase in UTe2
المؤلفون: Honda, Fuminori, Kobayashi, Shintaro, Kawamura, Naomi, Kawaguchi, Saori, Koizumi, Takatsugu, Sato, Yoshiki J., Homma, Yoshiya, Ishimatsu, Naoki, Gouchi, Jun, Uwatoko, Yoshiya, Harima, Hisatomo, Flouquet, Jacques, Aoki, Dai
المصدر: J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 92, 044702 (2023)
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons, Condensed Matter - Superconductivity
الوصف: We report on the crystal structure and electronic properties of the heavy fermion superconductor UTe2 at high pressure up to 11 GPa, as investigated by X-ray diffraction and electrical resistivity experiments. The X-ray diffraction measurements under high pressure using a synchrotron light source reveal anisotropic linear compressibility of the unit cell up to 3.5 GPa, while a pressure-induced structural phase transition is observed above 3.5-4GPa at room temperature, where the body-centered orthorhombic crystal structure with the space group Immm changes into a body-centered tetragonal structure with the space group I4/mmm. The molar volume drops abruptly at the critical pressure, while the distance between the first-nearest neighbor of U atoms increases, implying a switch from the heavy electronic states to the weakly correlated electronic states. Surprisingly, a new superconducting phase at pressures higher than 7 GPa was detected at Tsc above 2K with a relatively low upper-critical field, Hc2(0). The resistivity above 3.5GPa, thus, in the high-pressure tetragonal phase, shows a large drop below 230 K, which may also be related to a considerable change from the heavy electronic states to the weakly correlated electronic states.
Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.7566/JPSJ.92.044702
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.02361
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2211.02361
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv