Enhancement of antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations in UTe2 under pressure revealed by 125Te NMR

Published

January 20, 2026

Author(s)

Devi Ambika, Qing-Ping Ding, Corey Frank, Sheng Ran, Nicholas Butch, Yuji Furukawa

Abstract

Characterizing magnetic fluctuations is one of the keys to understanding the origin of superconductivity in the spin-triplet superconductor UTe2, which exhibits two superconducting (SC) phases (SC1 and SC2) under pressure: SC1 where the superconducting transition temperature of Tc decreases with pressure, whereas Tc of SC2 rises with pressure. Previously, D. Ambika et al. [Phys. Rev. B 105, L220403 (2022)] reported the possible coexistence of ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin fluctuations in UTe2 under pressure from their nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements. To delve into the relationship between the magnetic fluctuations and the two SC phases, we have carried out detailed 125Te NMR measurements on a single crystal of UTe2 with Tc = 1.6 K at various pressures ranging from 0 to 2.05 GPa. By comparing the temperature T dependence of nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rates divided by temperature 1/T1T with that of the Knight shift K for magnetic fields along the a, b, and c directions, we evidence the enhancement of AFM spin fluctuations with increasing pressure. Based on the results, we suggest that FM spin fluctuations are more favorable for SC1 and AFM spin fluctuations are crucial for SC2. Our findings will inspire further study on this material to understand the peculiar SC phases in detail.

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Physical Review B

Volume

113

Issue

1

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Journals

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Keywords

nuclear magnetic resonance, pressure, antiferromagnetism

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Ambika, D. , Ding, Q. , Frank, C. , Ran, S. , Butch, N. and Furukawa, Y. (2026), Enhancement of antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations in UTe2 under pressure revealed by 125Te NMR, Physical Review B, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=960686 (Accessed October 14, 2026)

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