Linear and Nonlinear Susceptibility Measurements in URu2Si2 and UPt3

ORAL

Abstract

We will discuss both DC and AC susceptibility measurements in single crystals of URu2Si2 and UPt3. In URu2Si2 we detect a ferromagnetic signature separated only by $\sim $ 1 K from the well established antiferromagnetic signature due to the hidden order at 17.5 K. This ferromagnetic signature appears to be well pronounced only in those samples where a strong ferromagnetic anomaly (also observed by others previously) appears at 35 K. This new ferromagnetic signature is further apparent in AC measurements, with its fingerprint appearing in a pronounced manner in first order, third order and fifth order susceptibility measurements. In contrast at the hidden order transition signatures are seen only in the first order and the fifth order susceptibility with no apparent change in the third order susceptibility. In UPt3, the DC third order susceptibility measurements reveal a broad peak at $\sim $10 K which is at half the temperature where a peak in the linear susceptibility is observed. This proportionality appears thus far to be universal across the f-electron based strongly correlated metals .

Authors

  • Bellave Shivaram

    University of Virginia

  • Pradeep Kumar

    University of Florida

  • David Hinks

    Argonne National Labs