Anomalous vortex dynamics in spin-triplet superconductor UTe$_2$

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Hauptverfasser: Tokiwa, Y., Kambe, H. Sakai. S., Opletal, P., Yamamoto, E., Kimata, M., Awaji, S., Sasaki, T., Yanase, Y., Haga, Y., Tokunaga, Y.
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author Tokiwa, Y.
Kambe, H. Sakai. S.
Opletal, P.
Yamamoto, E.
Kimata, M.
Awaji, S.
Sasaki, T.
Yanase, Y.
Haga, Y.
Tokunaga, Y.
author_facet Tokiwa, Y.
Kambe, H. Sakai. S.
Opletal, P.
Yamamoto, E.
Kimata, M.
Awaji, S.
Sasaki, T.
Yanase, Y.
Haga, Y.
Tokunaga, Y.
contents The vortex dynamics in the spin-triplet superconductor, UTe$_2$, are studied by measuring the DC electrical resistivity with currents along the $a$-axis under magnetic fields along the $b$-axis. Surprisingly, we have discovered an island region of low critical current deep inside the superconducting (SC) state, well below the SC upper critical field, attributed to a weakening of vortex pinning. Notably, this region coincides with the recently proposed intermediate-field SC state. We discuss the possibility of nonsingular vortices in the intermediate state, where SC order parameter does not vanish entirely in the vortex cores due to the mixing of multiple SC components.
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spellingShingle Anomalous vortex dynamics in spin-triplet superconductor UTe$_2$
Tokiwa, Y.
Kambe, H. Sakai. S.
Opletal, P.
Yamamoto, E.
Kimata, M.
Awaji, S.
Sasaki, T.
Yanase, Y.
Haga, Y.
Tokunaga, Y.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
The vortex dynamics in the spin-triplet superconductor, UTe$_2$, are studied by measuring the DC electrical resistivity with currents along the $a$-axis under magnetic fields along the $b$-axis. Surprisingly, we have discovered an island region of low critical current deep inside the superconducting (SC) state, well below the SC upper critical field, attributed to a weakening of vortex pinning. Notably, this region coincides with the recently proposed intermediate-field SC state. We discuss the possibility of nonsingular vortices in the intermediate state, where SC order parameter does not vanish entirely in the vortex cores due to the mixing of multiple SC components.
title Anomalous vortex dynamics in spin-triplet superconductor UTe$_2$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.17840