Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Field-induced spin-density wave beyond hidden order in URu2Si2

  • W. Knafo,
  • F. Duc,
  • F. Bourdarot,
  • K. Kuwahara,
  • H. Nojiri,
  • D. Aoki,
  • J. Billette,
  • P. Frings,
  • X. Tonon,
  • E. Lelièvre-Berna,
  • J. Flouquet,
  • L.-P. Regnault

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13075
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The strongly-correlated electron system URu2Si2 possesses a hidden-order phase whose order parameter remains unidentified. Here, the authors demonstrate the development of spin-density-wave phases in URu2Si2under high magnetic fields, providing a potential in-road to understanding this system.