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Connection between f-electron correlations and magnetic excitations in UTe2

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Author(s)

Thomas Halloran, Peter Czajka, Gicela Saucedo Salas, Corey Frank, Jose Rodriguez Rivera, Daniel Mazzonne, Jakob Lass, Nicholas Butch

Abstract

AbstractThe detailed anisotropic dispersion of the low-temperature, low-energy magnetic excitations of the candidate spin-triplet superconductor UTe2 is revealed using inelastic neutron scattering. The magnetic excitations emerge from the Brillouin zone boundary at the high symmetry Y and T points and disperse along the crystallographic $$\hatb}$$ b ̂ -axis. In applied magnetic fields to at least μ0H = 11 T along the $$\hatc}-\rmaxis}}$$ c ̂ − axis , the magnetism is found to be field-independent in the (hk0) plane. The scattering intensity is consistent with that expected from U3+/U4+ f-electron spins with preferential orientation along the crystallographic $$\hata}$$ a ̂ -axis, and a fluctuating magnetic moment of μeff=1.7(5) μB. We propose interband spin excitons arising from f-electron hybridization as a possible origin of the magnetic excitations in UTe2.
Citation
npj Quantum Materials
Volume
10
Issue
1

Keywords

Superconductivity, Inelastic Neutron Scattering, Topological Superconductivity, Magnetism

Citation

Halloran, T. , Czajka, P. , Saucedo Salas, G. , Frank, C. , Rodriguez Rivera, J. , Mazzonne, D. , Lass, J. and Butch, N. (2025), Connection between f-electron correlations and magnetic excitations in UTe2, npj Quantum Materials, [online], https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-024-00720-9, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957726 (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created January 4, 2025, Updated March 6, 2025
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