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Microscopic imaging homogeneous and single phase superfluid density in UTe$_2$

Superconductivity 2023-05-16 v1

Abstract

The spin-triplet superconductor UTe2_2 shows spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking and multiple superconducting phases in some crystals, implying chiral superconductivity. Here we microscopically image the local magnetic fields and magnetic susceptibility near the surface of UTe2_2, observing a homogeneous superfluid density nsn_s and homogeneous pinned vortices. The temperature dependence of nsn_s is consistent with an anisotropic gap and shows no evidence for an additional kink that would be expected at any second phase transition. Our findings are consistent with a dominant B3uB_{3u} superconducting order parameter in the case of a quasi-2D Fermi surface and provide no evidence for multiple phase transitions in ns(T)n_s(T) in UTe2_2.

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@article{arxiv.2210.09562,
  title  = {Microscopic imaging homogeneous and single phase superfluid density in UTe$_2$},
  author = {Yusuke Iguchi and Huiyuan Man and S. M. Thomas and Filip Ronning and Priscila F. S. Rosa and Kathryn A. Moler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.09562},
  year   = {2023}
}

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12 pages, 13 figures

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