c axis electrical transport at the metamagnetic transition in the heavy-fermion superconductor UTe2 under pressure

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Hauptverfasser: Knebel, G., Pourret, A., Rousseau, S., Marquardt, N., Braithwaite, D., Honda, F., Aoki, D., Lapertot, G., Knafo, W., Seyfarth, G., Brison, J-P., Flouquet, J.
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author Knebel, G.
Pourret, A.
Rousseau, S.
Marquardt, N.
Braithwaite, D.
Honda, F.
Aoki, D.
Lapertot, G.
Knafo, W.
Seyfarth, G.
Brison, J-P.
Flouquet, J.
author_facet Knebel, G.
Pourret, A.
Rousseau, S.
Marquardt, N.
Braithwaite, D.
Honda, F.
Aoki, D.
Lapertot, G.
Knafo, W.
Seyfarth, G.
Brison, J-P.
Flouquet, J.
contents The electrical resistivity of the unconventional superconductor UTe$_2$ shows very anisotropic behavior in the normal state depending on the current direction. In the present paper we show that the maximum in the resistivity $ρ_c$ for current applied along the $c$ axis at $T^{\rm max}_{ρ_c} \approx 14.75$~K follows the minimum in the thermal expansion $T_α^\star$ along $b$ axis. Under a magnetic field applied along the $b$ axis, $T^{\rm max}_{ρ_c}$ can be tracked up to the critical point of the first order metamagnetic transition, which is located near 6~K and 34.5~T. Surprisingly, at the metamagnetic field $H_m$ the resistivity $ρ_c$ shows a steplike decrease while the resistivities $ρ_a$ and $ρ_b$, for current along the $a$ and $b$ axis, respectively, show a steplike increase. Under hydrostatic pressure $T^{\rm max}_{ρ_c}$ and $H_m$ decrease significantly up to the critical pressure $p_c$ at which superconductivity is suppressed and a long range antiferromagnetic order appears. We show that the phase diagram at different pressures can be scaled by $T^{\rm max}_{ρ_c}$ in field and temperature suggesting that this temperature scale is governing the main interactions in the normal state.
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spellingShingle c axis electrical transport at the metamagnetic transition in the heavy-fermion superconductor UTe2 under pressure
Knebel, G.
Pourret, A.
Rousseau, S.
Marquardt, N.
Braithwaite, D.
Honda, F.
Aoki, D.
Lapertot, G.
Knafo, W.
Seyfarth, G.
Brison, J-P.
Flouquet, J.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
The electrical resistivity of the unconventional superconductor UTe$_2$ shows very anisotropic behavior in the normal state depending on the current direction. In the present paper we show that the maximum in the resistivity $ρ_c$ for current applied along the $c$ axis at $T^{\rm max}_{ρ_c} \approx 14.75$~K follows the minimum in the thermal expansion $T_α^\star$ along $b$ axis. Under a magnetic field applied along the $b$ axis, $T^{\rm max}_{ρ_c}$ can be tracked up to the critical point of the first order metamagnetic transition, which is located near 6~K and 34.5~T. Surprisingly, at the metamagnetic field $H_m$ the resistivity $ρ_c$ shows a steplike decrease while the resistivities $ρ_a$ and $ρ_b$, for current along the $a$ and $b$ axis, respectively, show a steplike increase. Under hydrostatic pressure $T^{\rm max}_{ρ_c}$ and $H_m$ decrease significantly up to the critical pressure $p_c$ at which superconductivity is suppressed and a long range antiferromagnetic order appears. We show that the phase diagram at different pressures can be scaled by $T^{\rm max}_{ρ_c}$ in field and temperature suggesting that this temperature scale is governing the main interactions in the normal state.
title c axis electrical transport at the metamagnetic transition in the heavy-fermion superconductor UTe2 under pressure
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.16273