One-component order parameter in URu2Si2 uncovered by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy and machine learning
Abstract
The unusual correlated state that emerges in URu2Si2 below THO = 17.5 K is known as “hidden order” because even basic characteristics of the order parameter, such as its dimensionality (whether it has one component or two), are “hidden.” We use resonant ultrasound spectroscopy to measure the symmetry-resolved elastic anomalies across THO. We observe no anomalies in the shear elastic moduli, providing strong thermodynamic evidence for a one-component order parameter. We develop a machine learning framework that reaches this conclusion directly from the raw data, even in a crystal that is too small for traditional resonant ultrasound. Our result rules out a broad class of theories of hidden order based on two-component order parameters, and constrains the nature of the fluctuations from which unconventional superconductivity emerges at lower temperature. Our machine learning framework is a powerful new tool for classifying the ubiquitous competing orders in correlated electron systems.
- Authors:
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- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States). Lab. of Atomic and Solid State Physics
- Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Max Planck Inst. for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden (Germany)
- Leiden Univ. (Netherlands)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1626059
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1733304
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0018946; DMR-1719875; DMR-1539918; DMR-1752784
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; Science & Technology - Other Topics
Citation Formats
Ghosh, Sayak, Matty, Michael, Baumbach, Ryan, Bauer, Eric D., Modic, K. A., Shekhter, Arkady, Mydosh, J. A., Kim, Eun-Ah, and Ramshaw, B. J. One-component order parameter in URu2Si2 uncovered by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy and machine learning. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaz4074.
Ghosh, Sayak, Matty, Michael, Baumbach, Ryan, Bauer, Eric D., Modic, K. A., Shekhter, Arkady, Mydosh, J. A., Kim, Eun-Ah, & Ramshaw, B. J. One-component order parameter in URu2Si2 uncovered by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy and machine learning. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz4074
Ghosh, Sayak, Matty, Michael, Baumbach, Ryan, Bauer, Eric D., Modic, K. A., Shekhter, Arkady, Mydosh, J. A., Kim, Eun-Ah, and Ramshaw, B. J. Fri .
"One-component order parameter in URu2Si2 uncovered by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy and machine learning". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz4074. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1626059.
@article{osti_1626059,
title = {One-component order parameter in URu2Si2 uncovered by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy and machine learning},
author = {Ghosh, Sayak and Matty, Michael and Baumbach, Ryan and Bauer, Eric D. and Modic, K. A. and Shekhter, Arkady and Mydosh, J. A. and Kim, Eun-Ah and Ramshaw, B. J.},
abstractNote = {The unusual correlated state that emerges in URu2Si2 below THO = 17.5 K is known as “hidden order” because even basic characteristics of the order parameter, such as its dimensionality (whether it has one component or two), are “hidden.” We use resonant ultrasound spectroscopy to measure the symmetry-resolved elastic anomalies across THO. We observe no anomalies in the shear elastic moduli, providing strong thermodynamic evidence for a one-component order parameter. We develop a machine learning framework that reaches this conclusion directly from the raw data, even in a crystal that is too small for traditional resonant ultrasound. Our result rules out a broad class of theories of hidden order based on two-component order parameters, and constrains the nature of the fluctuations from which unconventional superconductivity emerges at lower temperature. Our machine learning framework is a powerful new tool for classifying the ubiquitous competing orders in correlated electron systems.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aaz4074},
journal = {Science Advances},
number = 10,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {3}
}
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