NATURE OF THE ORDER-PARAMETER IN THE HEAVY-FERMION SYSTEM URU2SI2

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作者
WALKER, MB
BUYERS, WJL
TUN, Z
QUE, W
MENOVSKY, AA
GARRETT, JD
机构
[1] AECL RES, CHALK RIVER K0J 1J0, ON, CANADA
[2] UNIV TORONTO, TORONTO M5S 1A7, ONTARIO, CANADA
[3] UNIV AMSTERDAM, NATUURKUNDIG LAB, 1018 XE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[4] MCMASTER UNIV, INST MAT RES, HAMILTON L8S 4M, ON, CANADA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2630
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The weak order parameter observed below the 17.5 K transition in URu2Si2 has been variously attributed to magnetic dipoles, quadrupoles, or octupoles. By polarized neutron scattering we show that the order parameter breaks time reversal invariance and so can not be quadrupolar or a spin nematic. Of the five dipolar and octupolar order parameters that are then allowed by symmetry, polarization analysis reveals that only the spin dipole, M(z), orders at the transition.
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页码:2630 / 2633
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