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Condensed Matter > Strongly Correlated Electrons

Title: Metamagnetism in the high-pressure tetragonal phase of UTe$_2$

Abstract: A structural orthorhombic-to-tetragonal phase transition was recently discovered in the heavy-fermion compound UTe$_2$ at a pressure $p^*\simeq3-8$~GPa [Honda \textit{et al.}, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. \textbf{92}, 044702 (2023); Huston \textit{et al.}, Phys. Rev. Mat. \textbf{6}, 114801 (2022)]. In the high-pressure tetragonal phase, a phase transition at $T_x=235$~K and a superconducting transition at $T_{sc}=2$~K have been revealed. In this work, we present an electrical-resistivity study of UTe$_2$ in pulsed magnetic fields up to $\mu_0H=58$~T combined with pressures up to $p$ = 6 GPa. The field was applied in a direction tilted by 30~$^\circ$~from \textbf{b} to \textbf{c} in the orthogonal structure, which is identified as the direction \textbf{c} of the tetragonal structure. In the tetragonal phase, the presence of superconductivity is confirmed and signatures of metamagnetic transitions are observed at the fields $\mu_0H_{x1}=24$~T and $\mu_0H_{x2}=34$~T and temperatures smaller than $T_x$. We discuss the effects of uniaxial pressure and we propose that a magnetic ordering drives the transition at $T_x$.
Comments: 13 pages, 11 figures, Supplemental Material: 18 pages, 17 figures
Subjects: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el); Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
Cite as: arXiv:2403.20277 [cond-mat.str-el]
  (or arXiv:2403.20277v1 [cond-mat.str-el] for this version)

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From: William Knafo [view email]
[v1] Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:45:16 GMT (13971kb,D)

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