Details of sample dependence and transport properties of URu 2Si2

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Beitragende

  • Tatsuma D. Matsuda - , Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) (Autor:in)
  • Elena Hassinger - , Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) (Autor:in)
  • Dai Aoki - , Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) (Autor:in)
  • Valentin Taufour - , Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) (Autor:in)
  • Georg Knebel - , Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) (Autor:in)
  • Naoyuki Tateiwa - , Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Autor:in)
  • Etsuji Yamamoto - , Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Autor:in)
  • Yoshinori Haga - , Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Autor:in)
  • Yoshichika Onuki - , Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Osaka University (Autor:in)
  • Zachary Fisk - , Japan Atomic Energy Agency, University of California at Irvine (Autor:in)
  • Jacques Flouquet - , Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) (Autor:in)

Abstract

Resistivity and specific heat measurements were performed in the low carrier unconventional superconductor URu2Si2 on various samples with very different qualities. The superconducting transition temperature (TSC) and the hidden order transition temperature (T HO) of these crystals were evaluated as a function of the residual resistivity ratio (RRR). In high quality single crystals the resistivity does not seem to follow a T2 dependence above TSC, indicating that the Fermi liquid regime is restricted to low temperatures. However, an analysis of the isothermal longitudinal magnetoresistivity points out that the T2 dependence may be "spoiled" by residual inhomogeneous superconducting contribution. We discuss a possible scenario concerning the distribution of TSC related with the fact that the hidden order phase is very sensitive to the pressure inhomogeneity.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer114710
FachzeitschriftJournal of the Physical Society of Japan
Jahrgang80
Ausgabenummer11
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Nov. 2011
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Schlagworte

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Schlagwörter

  • Hidden order, Resistivity, Specific heat, Superconductivity, URu Si