Signatures of hidden-order symmetry in torque oscillations, elastic constant anomalies, and field-induced moments in URu2Si2
Signatures of hidden-order symmetry in torque oscillations, elastic constant anomalies, and field-induced moments in URu2Si2
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.83.165110
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发表时间:
2011-02
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
P. Thalmeier;T. Takimoto
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作者:
P. Thalmeier;T. Takimoto
We discuss the conclusions on the symmetry of hidden order (HO) in URu2Si2 that may be drawn from recent torque experiments in rotating magnetic field by Okazaki et al. [1]. They are very sensitive to changes in the magnetic susceptibility induced by HO. We show that the observed twofold angular torque oscillations give evidence that hidden order has degenerate E- type (yz,zx) symmetry where both components are realised. The oscillations have the wrong characteristics or are absent for the 1D nontrivial representations like quadrupolar B1 (x^2-y^2) and B2 (xy) type HO or hexadecapolar A2(xy(x^2-y^2)) type HO. Therefore they may be excluded as candidates for hidden order. We also predict the field-angular variation of possible field-induced Bragg peaks based on underlying E-type order parameter and discuss the expected elastic constant anomalies.