Chirality density wave of the "hidden order" phase in URu2Si2

Bauer, Eric Dietzgen; Kung, H.-H.; Baumbach, R. E.; Thorsmolle, V. K.; Zhang, W.-L.; Haule, K.; Mydosh, J. A.; Blumberg, G.

doi:10.1126/science.1259729

Chirality density wave of the "hidden order" phase in URu₂Si₂

Journal Article · Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1259729· OSTI ID:1680010

^[1]; Kung, H.-H. ^[2]; Baumbach, R. E. ^[1]; Thorsmolle, V. K. ^[2]; Zhang, W.-L. ^[2]; Haule, K. ^[2]; Mydosh, J. A. ^[3]; Blumberg, G. ^[2]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)
Leiden Univ. (Netherlands). Kamerlingh Onnes Lab.

A second-order phase transition in a physical system is associated with the emergence of an “order parameter” and a spontaneous symmetry breaking. The heavy fermion superconductor URu₂Si₂ has a “hidden order” (HO) phase below the temperature of 17.5 kelvin; the symmetry of the associated order parameter has remained ambiguous. In this study, we use polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopy to specify the symmetry of the low-energy excitations above and below the HO transition. We determine that the HO parameter breaks local vertical and diagonal reflection symmetries at the uranium sites, resulting in crystal field states with distinct chiral properties, which order to a commensurate chirality density wave ground state.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; SC0005463

OSTI ID:: 1680010

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--15-27086

Journal Information:: Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 6228 Vol. 347; ISSN 0036-8075

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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