Atomic-scale wavefunctions and dynamics inside the hidden order compound URu2Si2

ORAL

Abstract

Understanding the emergent wavefunctions of correlated electron systems requires experimental probes that can resolve electronic states on an atomic scale. However, imaging techniques such as STM that resolve single atoms do not provide a good way to distinguish the entangled symmetries of nearby electrons. I will talk about how energy-resolved scattering measurements performed with resonance-tuned X-rays can open a unique window into many-body entangled states on an atomic length scale and femtosecond time scale. The presentation will focus on data that unveil low temperature wavefunction symmetries and energetics of uranium electrons in the ``hidden order'' compound URu2Si2.

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Authors

  • L. Andrew Wray

    New York Univ NYU

  • Jonathan Denlinger

    Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

  • Shih-Wen Huang

    Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Nicholas Butch

    NIST - Natl Inst of Stds \& Tech, NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Brian Maple

    University of California, San Diego, Physics Department, UC San Diego, Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, Physics/UC San Diego, Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA, Department. of Physics, U. of California, San Diego

  • Zahid Hussain

    Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA

  • Yi-De Chuang

    Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory