The onset of antiferromagnetic order in URu2Si2 has been studied via neutron diffraction in a helium pressure medium, which most closely approximates hydrostatic conditions. The antiferromagnetic critical pressure is 0.80 GPa, considerably higher than values previously reported. Complementary electrical resistivity measurements imply that the hidden order-antiferromagnetic bicritical point far exceeds 1.02 GPa. Moreover, the redefined pressure-temperature phase diagram suggests that the superconducting and antiferromagnetic phase boundaries actually meet at a common critical pressure at zero temperature.
@article{arxiv.1006.4140,
title = {Antiferromagnetic critical pressure in URu2Si2 under hydrostatic conditions},
author = {Nicholas P. Butch and Jason R. Jeffries and Songxue Chi and Juscelino B. Leão and Jeffrey W. Lynn and M. Brian Maple},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.4140},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
5 pgs, 4 figs; AFM ordered moment revised to 0.5 muB, added and corrected citations and references