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Chandra P, Coleman P, Mydosh JA, et al. Hidden orbital order in the heavy fermion metal URu(2)Si(2). Nature. 2002;417(6891):831-4doi: 10.1038/nature00795.
Chandra, P., Coleman, P., Mydosh, J. A., & Tripathi, V. (2002). Hidden orbital order in the heavy fermion metal URu(2)Si(2). Nature, 417(6891), 831-4. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature00795
Chandra, P, et al. "Hidden orbital order in the heavy fermion metal URu(2)Si(2)." Nature vol. 417,6891 (2002): 831-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature00795
Chandra P, Coleman P, Mydosh JA, Tripathi V. Hidden orbital order in the heavy fermion metal URu(2)Si(2). Nature. 2002 Jun 20;417(6891):831-4. doi: 10.1038/nature00795. PMID: 12075346.
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Nature. 2002 Jun 20;417(6891):831-4. doi: 10.1038/nature00795.

Hidden orbital order in the heavy fermion metal URu(2)Si(2).

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P Chandra, P Coleman, J A Mydosh, V Tripathi

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  1. NEC, 4 Independence Way, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA.

PMID: 12075346 DOI: 10.1038/nature00795

Abstract

When matter is cooled from high temperatures, collective instabilities develop among its constituent particles that lead to new kinds of order. An anomaly in the specific heat is a classic signature of this phenomenon. Usually the associated order is easily identified, but sometimes its nature remains elusive. The heavy fermion metal URu(2)Si(2) is one such example, where the order responsible for the sharp specific heat anomaly at T(0) = 17 K has remained unidentified despite more than seventeen years of effort. In URu(2)Si(2), the coexistence of large electron electron repulsion and antiferromagnetic fluctuations leads to an almost incompressible heavy electron fluid, where anisotropically paired quasiparticle states are energetically favoured. Here we develop a proposal for the nature of the hidden order in URu(2)Si(2). We show that incommensurate orbital antiferromagnetism, associated with circulating currents between the uranium ions, can account for the local fields and entropy loss observed at the 17 K transition. We make detailed predictions for the outcome of neutron scattering measurements based on this proposal, so that it can be tested experimentally.

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