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Title: Gapped excitations in the high-pressure antiferromagnetic phase of URu 2 Si 2

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
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  1. McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  2. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Inst. for Quantum Matter and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  3. National Research Council, Chalk River, ON (Canada)
  4. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
  5. McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada). Brockhouse Inst. for Materials Science
  6. McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and Brockhouse Inst. for Materials Science

Here, we report a neutron scattering study of the magnetic excitation spectrum in each of the three temperature and pressure driven phases of URu2Si2. We also found qualitatively similar excitations throughout the (H0L) scattering plane in the hidden order and large moment phases, with no changes in the hbar-omega-widths of the excitations at the Sigma = (1.407,0,0) and Z = (1,0,0) points, within our experimental resolution. There is, however, an increase in the gap at the Sigma point and an increase in the first moment of both excitations. At 8 meV where the Q-dependence of magnetic scattering in the hidden order phase is extended in Q-space, the excitations in the large moment phase are sharper. Furthermore, the expanded Q-hbar-omega coverage of this study suggest more complete nesting within the antiferromagnetic phase, an important property for future theoretical predictions of a hidden order parameter.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; FG02-08ER46544
OSTI ID:
1361303
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1360996
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 95, Issue 19; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 5 works
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