Reply to "Comment on D'etails of Sample Dependence and Transport Properties of URu2Si2"
Reply to "Comment on D'etails of Sample Dependence and Transport Properties of URu2Si2"
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回复“URu2Si2的样品依赖性和输运性质的详细评论”
DOI:
10.1143/jpsj.81.056002
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
D. Aoki
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作者:
Kajitani;T.;染矢雅之;D. Aoki
The comment from Butch et al. gives the view of physicists who have carefully studied the effects of hydrostatic pressure (P) conditions on a specific crystal. In our article, 1) we do not discuss this problem but we concentrate on the single crystal properties. The main reason is that it is a delicate point as pressure experiments are usually conducted with a constant volume in a clamp cell. For example, the combined effects of the solidification of the pressure medium and even feedback at the phase transition [for example here, hidden order (HO)] when the material may expand or contract in different directions can cause a departure from ideal hydrostatic conditions. As an observed experimental rule, the best approach to hydrostaticity is given when the crystal size is small in compared with the volume of the pressure cell, a condition which is never realized in pressure inelastic neutron scattering experiments. A key point in a detailed study of the pressure conditions to succeed is to realize comparative measurements in the same pressure cell as used in neutron scattering, as well as in situ pressure measurements. Such condition was realized in neutron scattering experiments, 2) where a strain gauge was glued on the crystal face to trace where macroscopic phase transition occurs, and even to estimate pressure inhomogeneity.The work presented in our article was realized to characterize the sample quality at most and to be able to select samples for quantum oscillation experiments (Shubnikov–de Haas (SdH) and de Haas–van Alphen effect) to precisely determine the feedback between HO and antiferromagnetic (AF) properties on the Fermi Surface. 3–6) The residual resistivity ratio (RRR) for URu2Si2 is a simple and an effective criterion for selecting the best material to enhance the quantum oscillation signal, even if RRR is estimated from the value at 2 K and validity of Matthiesen’s rule can be discussed. In our experience, for example, no SdH signal was detected for samples with low RRR of below 50. It should be noted that complementary information is given by specific heat measurement. Because of the large extinction observed in the neutron diffraction pattern of crystals, the determination of an absolute value of the