Metamagnetism and tricriticalilty in heavy-fermion ferromagnet URhGe

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Main Authors: Gubina, A. S., Zhitomirsky, M. E.
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author Gubina, A. S.
Zhitomirsky, M. E.
author_facet Gubina, A. S.
Zhitomirsky, M. E.
contents URhGe is a ferromagnetic superconductor with a distinctive magnetic behavior. In a field applied parallel to the b-axis and perpendicular to the easy axis, URhGe exhibits an abrupt orientational transition of the magnetization with a reentrant superconducting phase emerging close to the transition field. We develop a theoretical description of the magnetic properties of URhGe by considering a spin model with competing magnetic anisotropies. The model is analyzed both analytically at zero temperature and with Monte Carlo simulations at finite temperatures. The constructed H-T phase diagram for a magnetic field parallel to the b-axis features a tricritical point on the line of phase transitions between the ferromagnetic Ising state and the paramagnetic phase. We also demonstrate that the asymptotic tricritical behavior of the order parameter and the correlation length is described by the mean-field critical exponents.
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spellingShingle Metamagnetism and tricriticalilty in heavy-fermion ferromagnet URhGe
Gubina, A. S.
Zhitomirsky, M. E.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
URhGe is a ferromagnetic superconductor with a distinctive magnetic behavior. In a field applied parallel to the b-axis and perpendicular to the easy axis, URhGe exhibits an abrupt orientational transition of the magnetization with a reentrant superconducting phase emerging close to the transition field. We develop a theoretical description of the magnetic properties of URhGe by considering a spin model with competing magnetic anisotropies. The model is analyzed both analytically at zero temperature and with Monte Carlo simulations at finite temperatures. The constructed H-T phase diagram for a magnetic field parallel to the b-axis features a tricritical point on the line of phase transitions between the ferromagnetic Ising state and the paramagnetic phase. We also demonstrate that the asymptotic tricritical behavior of the order parameter and the correlation length is described by the mean-field critical exponents.
title Metamagnetism and tricriticalilty in heavy-fermion ferromagnet URhGe
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.11881