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Field-induced density wave in the heavy-fermion compound CeRhIn5

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  • Philip J. W. Moll

    (Solid State Physics Laboratory, ETH Zurich
    Present address: Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA)

  • Bin Zeng

    (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)

  • Luis Balicas

    (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)

  • Stanislaw Galeski

    (Solid State Physics Laboratory, ETH Zurich)

  • Fedor F. Balakirev

    (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, LANL)

  • Eric D. Bauer

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

  • Filip Ronning

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Abstract

Strong electron correlations lead to a variety of distinct ground states, such as magnetism, charge order or superconductivity. Understanding the competitive or cooperative interplay between neighbouring phases is an outstanding challenge in physics. CeRhIn5 is a prototypical example of a heavy-fermion superconductor: it orders anti-ferromagnetically below 3.8 K, and moderate hydrostatic pressure suppresses the anti-ferromagnetic order inducing unconventional superconductivity. Here we show evidence for a phase transition to a state akin to a density wave (DW) under high magnetic fields (>27 T) in high-quality single crystal microstructures of CeRhIn5. The DW is signalled by a hysteretic anomaly in the in-plane resistivity accompanied by non-linear electrical transport, yet remarkably thermodynamic measurements suggest that the phase transition involves only small portions of the Fermi surface. Such a subtle order might be a common feature among correlated electron systems, reminiscent of the similarly subtle charge DW state in the cuprates.

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  • Philip J. W. Moll & Bin Zeng & Luis Balicas & Stanislaw Galeski & Fedor F. Balakirev & Eric D. Bauer & Filip Ronning, 2015. "Field-induced density wave in the heavy-fermion compound CeRhIn5," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-8, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms7663
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7663
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