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Coexistence of Ferromagnetic Fluctuations and Superconductivity in the Actinide Superconductor UTe2

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Shyam Sundar, S. Gheidi, K. Akintola, A. M. Cote, S. R. Dunsiger, S. Ran, Nicholas Butch, S. R. Saha, J. Paglione, J. E. Sonier

Abstract

We report low-temperature muon spin relaxation/rotation (υSR) measurements on single crystals of the actinide superconductor UTe2. Below 5 K we observe a continuous slowing down of magnetic fluctuations, which persists through the superconducting transition temperature (Tc = 1.6 K). The temperature dependence of the dynamic relaxation rate down to 0.4 K agrees with the self-consistent renormalization theory of spin fluctuations for a three-dimensional weak itinerant ferromagnetic metal. However, we find no evidence of long-range or local magnetic order down to 0.025 K. Weak transverse-field υSR measurements indicate that the superconductivity coexists with the magnetic fluctuations.
Citation
Physical Review B
Volume
100
Issue
14
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

superconductor, muon spin relaxation
Condensed matter

Citation

Sundar, S. , Gheidi, S. , Akintola, K. , Cote, A. , Dunsiger, S. , Ran, S. , Butch, N. , Saha, S. , Paglione, J. and Sonier, J. (2019), Coexistence of Ferromagnetic Fluctuations and Superconductivity in the Actinide Superconductor UTe<sub>2</sub>, Physical Review B, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=928181 (Accessed April 26, 2024)

Created October 22, 2019, Updated October 12, 2021