Enhanced Hybridization Sets the Stage for Electronic Nematicity in CeRhIn5

Rosa, Priscila Ferrari Silveira; Thomas, Sean Michael; Balakirev, Fedor Fedorovich; Bauer, Eric Dietzgen; Fernandes, Rafael M.; Thompson, Joe David; Ronning, Filip; Jaime, Marcelo

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.016402

Enhanced Hybridization Sets the Stage for Electronic Nematicity in ${CeRhIn}_{5}$

Journal Article · Tue Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.016402· OSTI ID:1511617

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
National High Magnetic Field Lab., Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States). School of Physics and Astronomy

High magnetic fields induce a pronounced in-plane electronic anisotropy in the tetragonal antiferromagnetic metal

{CeRhIn}_{5}

at H* ≳ 30 T for fields ≃20° off the $$c$$ axis. Here in this paper, we investigate the response of the underlying crystal lattice in magnetic fields to 45 T via high-resolution dilatometry. At low fields, a finite magnetic field component in the tetragonal $ab$ plane explicitly breaks the tetragonal (C₄) symmetry of the lattice revealing a finite nematic susceptibility. A modest a-axis expansion at H * hence marks the crossover to a fluctuating nematic phase with large nematic susceptibility. Magnetostriction quantum oscillations confirm a Fermi surface change at H * with the emergence of new orbits. By analyzing the field-induced change in the crystal-field ground state, we conclude that the in-plane Ce $$f$$ hybridization is enhanced at H * , in agreement with the in-plane lattice expansion. We argue that the nematic behavior observed in this prototypical heavy-fermion material is of electronic origin, and is driven by the hybridization between 4$$f$$ and conduction electrons which carries the $$f$$-electron anisotropy to the Fermi surface.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; SC0012336

OSTI ID:: 1511617

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1489858

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--18-30371

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 122; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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