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A review of UTe$_2$ at high magnetic fields

Authors :
Lewin, Sylvia K.
Frank, Corey E.
Ran, Sheng
Paglione, Johnpierre
Butch, Nicholas P.
Source :
Rep. Prog. Phys. 86 114501 (2023)
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Uranium ditelluride (UTe$_2$) is recognized as a host material to unconventional spin-triplet superconductivity, but it also exhibits a wealth of additional unusual behavior at high magnetic fields. One of the most prominent signatures of the unconventional superconductivity is a large and anisotropic upper critical field that exceeds the paramagnetic limit. This superconductivity survives to 35 T and is bounded by a discontinuous magnetic transition, which itself is also field-direction-dependent. A different, reentrant superconducting phase emerges only on the high-field side of the magnetic transition, in a range of angles between the crystallographic $b$ and $c$ axes. This review discusses the current state of knowledge of these high-field phases, the high-field behavior of the heavy fermion normal state, and other phases that are stabilized by applied pressure.<br />Comment: 34 pages, 12 figures

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Rep. Prog. Phys. 86 114501 (2023)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2402.06850
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/acfb93