NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITY AS A PROBE OF TENSOR SPIN ORDER IN URU2SI2

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作者
RAMIREZ, AP
COLEMAN, P
CHANDRA, P
BRUCK, E
MENOVSKY, AA
FISK, Z
BUCHER, E
机构
[1] RUTGERS STATE UNIV, SERIN PHYS LAB, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08854 USA
[2] NEC CORP LTD, RES INST, PRINCETON, NJ 08540 USA
[3] UNIV AMSTERDAM, NATUURKUNDIG LAB, 1018 XE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[4] UNIV CALIF LOS ALAMOS SCI LAB, LOS ALAMOS, NM 87545 USA
[5] UNIV CONSTANCE, W-7750 CONSTANCE, GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.2680
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The nonlinear susceptibility is discussed as a probe of multispin correlation functions. In the heavy-fermion compound URu2Si2, measurements of the leading nonlinear susceptibility (chi-3) reveal a sharp anomaly at 17.3 K closely matching that of the specific heat at the same temperature. We attribute this result to the development of anisotropic triplet pairing in the particle-hole channel of the heavy electron fluid.
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页码:2680 / 2683
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