Published February 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

High field study of the magnetic phase transition of URu2Si2

  • 1. Toronto Univ., ON (Canada). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Nijmegen Univ. (Netherlands). High Field Magnet Lab.
  • 3. Amsterdam Univ. (Netherlands). Van der Waals-Zeeman Inst.
  • 4. Rijksuniversiteit Leiden (Netherlands). Kamerlingh Onnes Lab.

Description

We investigate the phase transition of URu2Si2 at T0 = 17.5 K by thermal expansion and heat capacity in magnetic fields, H, up to 25 T. At T0 an energy gap of Δ ≅ 115 K opens, which decreases to 65 K in 25 T. The H dependence of T0 scales with Δ, whereas a different H dependence and energy scale was observed for the ordered dipole moment. The anomalous H dependence of the thermal expansion coefficients may discriminate between the various scenarios for the primary order parameter of URu2Si2. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
230-232
Journal Page Range
p. 74-76.
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

Conference

Title
International conference on strongly correlated electron systems (SCES '96).
Dates
19-22 Aug 1996.
Place
Zurich (Switzerland).

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