Metamagnetism in the electron-doped chemical substitution series URu$_{\mathrm{2}}$Si$_{\mathrm{2-}}_{x}$P$_{x}_{\mathrm{.}}$

ORAL

Abstract

The heavy fermion intermetallic URu$_{\mathrm{2}}$Si$_{\mathrm{2}}$ exhibits a rich variety of phenomena, including a transition into an unknown broken symmetry state (hidden-order) below the temperature $T_{\mathrm{0}} \quad =$ 17.5 K, deviations from Fermi liquid behavior, and unconventional superconductivity below $T_{\mathrm{c}} \quad =$ 1.4 K. The substitution series URu$_{\mathrm{2}}$Si$_{\mathrm{2-}}_{x}$P$_{x}$ was recently synthesized for the first time, where Si $\to $ P substitution simultaneously induces a small chemical pressure and causes electronic tuning, resulting in a $T-x$ phase diagram that includes hidden order (x \textless 0.03), a no-order Kondo lattice (0.03 \textless $x $\textless 0.26), and antiferromagnetism (0.26 \textless $x $\textless 0.5). We report magnetoresistance and magnetization studies in pulsed magnetic fields up to $H =$ 65 T that reveal breakdown of the Kondo lattice and several high field ordered states, which vary with $x$. We discuss these results in terms of their relationship to the suppression of hidden order towards zero temperature and the breakdown of the Kondo lattice in high magnetic fields, and compare related metamagnetic correlated electron materials.

*This work was supported by NSF/DMR-0084173. A portion of this work was supported by the NHMFL User Collaboration Grant Program (UCGP).

Authors

  • Mark Wartenbe

    • Florida State Univ
  • Andrew Gallagher

    • NHMFL, FSU
  • Kuan-Wen Chen

    • NHMFL, FSU
  • Ross McDonald

    • NHMFL, LANL
  • Greg Boebinger

    • NHMFL, FSU
  • Ryan Baumbach

    • NHMFL, FSU