Unfolding the physics of URu2Si2 through silicon to phosphorus substitution

Gallagher, A.; Chen, K. -W.; Moir, C. M.; Cary, S. K.; Kametani, F.; Kikugawa, N.; Graf, D.; Albrecht-Schmitt, T. E.; Riggs, S. C.; Shekhter, A.; Baumbach, R. E.

doi:10.1038/ncomms10712

Unfolding the physics of URu₂Si₂ through silicon to phosphorus substitution

Journal Article · Fri Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10712· OSTI ID:1395565

Gallagher, A. ^[1]; Chen, K. -W. ^[1]; Moir, C. M. ^[1]; Cary, S. K. ^[1]; Kametani, F. ^[1]; Kikugawa, N. ^[2]; Graf, D. ^[1]; Albrecht-Schmitt, T. E. ^[1]; Riggs, S. C. ^[1]; ^[1]; Baumbach, R. E. ^[1]

Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States); National Institute for Materials Science 3-13 Sakura, Tsukuba (Japan)

The heavy fermion intermetallic compound URu₂Si₂ exhibits a hidden-order phase below the temperature of 17.5 K, which supports both anomalous metallic behavior and unconventional superconductivity. While these individual phenomena have been investigated in detail, it remains unclear how they are related to each other and to what extent uranium f-electron valence fluctuations influence each one. Here we use ligand site substituted URu₂Si_2-xP_x to establish their evolution under electronic tuning. We find that while hidden order is monotonically suppressed and destroyed for x ≤ 0.035, the superconducting strength evolves non-monotonically with a maximum near x ≈ 0.01 and that superconductivity is destroyed near x ≈ 0.028. This behavior reveals that hidden order depends strongly on tuning outside of the U f-electron shells. Furthermore, it also suggests that while hidden order provides an environment for superconductivity and anomalous metallic behavior, it’s fluctuations may not be solely responsible for their progression.

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Research Organization:: Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010677

OSTI ID:: 1395565

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 3017391

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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