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The normal-conducting state of the superconductor UTe$_2$ is studied by entropy analysis for magnetic fields along the $b$-axis, obtained from magnetization using the relation $(\partial M/\partial T)_B=(\partial S/\partial B)_T$. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-04-23 Y. Tokiwa , . P. Opletal , H. Sakai , S. Kambe , E. Yamamoto , M. Kimata , S. Awaji , T. Sasaki , D. Aoki , Y. Haga , Y. Tokunaga

The novel spin-triplet superconductor candidate UTe2 was discovered only recently at the end of 2018 and attracted enormous attention. We review key experimental and theoretical progress which has been achieved in different laboratories.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-04-18 D. Aoki , J. -P. Brison , J. Flouquet , K. Ishida , G. Knebel , Y. Tokunaga , Y. Yanase

We present magnetoresistivity measurements on the heavy-fermion superconductor UTe$_{2}$ in pulsed magnetic fields $\mu_0H$ up to 68~T and temperatures $T$ from 1.4 to 80~K. Magnetic fields applied along the three crystallographic…

The modulation of topological electronic states by an external magnetic field is highly desired for condensed matter physics. Schemes to achieve this have been proposed theoretically, but few can be realized experimentally. Here, combining…

In our recent study of the high magnetic field phase landscape of UTe$_2$ [Phys. Rev. X 15, 021019 (2025)] we found indirect evidence that the SC3 superconducting phase spills out beyond the first-order phase boundary of the spin-polarized…

Topological aspects of superconductivity in quantum spin-Hall systems (QSHSs) such as thin layers of three-dimensional topological insulators (3D Tis) or two-dimensional Tis are in the focus of current research. We examine hybrid…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-04 R. W. Reinthaler , G. Tkachov , E. M. Hankiewicz

Inspired by the observation of extreme field-boosted superconductivity in uranium ditelluride, we present a scenario in which superconductivity can be induced by a strong Zeeman field, rather than destroyed by it, as is the case in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-27 Josephine J. Yu , Yue Yu , Chaitanya Murthy , Srinivas Raghu

We experimentally determine the bounds of the magnetic-field-induced superconducting and magnetic phases near the crystalline $b$ axis of uranium ditelluride (UTe$_2$). By measuring the magnetoresistance as a function of rotation angle and…

The heavy fermion metamagnet uranium ditelluride possesses two distinct magnetic field--induced superconducting states. One of these superconductive phases resides at magnetic fields immediately below a first-order metamagnetic transition…

Electrical magnetoresistance and tunnel diode oscillator measurements were performed under external magnetic fields up to 41 T applied along the crystallographic b-axis (hard axis) of UTe$_2$ as a function of temperature and applied…

We report the magnetoresistance of high-quality single crystals of UTe2 with Tc=2.1K in high magnetic fields up to 36T, with the field direction between the b and c-axes. From the angular dependence of the upper critical field Hc2, we found…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-30 Dai Aoki , Ilya Sheikin , Nils Marquardt , Gerard Lapertot , Jacques Flouquet , Georg Knebel

Reentrant superconductivity in strong magnetic fields challenges the conventional expectation that magnetic fields necessarily suppress superconductivity. We show that reentrant superconducting instability can arise from the competition…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-18 Jun Goryo

We present a comprehensive quasiclassical approach for studying transport properties of superconducting diffusive hybrid structures in the presence of extrinsic spin-orbit coupling. We derive a generalized Usadel equation and boundary…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-11-16 F. S. Bergeret , I. V. Tokatly

Superconductivity in the heavy-fermion metal UTe2 survives the application of very high magnetic fields, presenting both an intriguing puzzle and an experimental challenge. The strong, non-perturbative influence of the magnetic field…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-23 L. Zhang , C. Guo , D. Graf , C. Putzke , M. M. Bordelon , E. D. Bauer , S. M. Thomas , F. Ronning , P. F. S. Rosa , P. J. W. Moll

The recently discovered spin-triplet superconductor candidate UTe2 with Tc = 2 K has attracted enormous attention because it possesses many interesting properties, such as the extremely high upper critical field Hc2(0), chiral…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-12 Qing Li , Zhe-Ning Xiang , Bin-Bin Zhang , Ying-Jie Zhang , Chaofan Zhang , Hai-Hu Wen

We analyze the influence of unconventional superconductivity on crystalline electric field (CEF) excitations of rare earth ions in novel superconductors. We show that resonant magnetic excitations of the conduction electrons that have been…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-09-15 Alireza Akbari , Ilya Eremin , Peter Thalmeier , Peter Fulde

When applying an external magnetic field to a superconductor, orbital and Pauli paramagnetic pairbreaking effects govern the limit of the upper critical magnetic field that can be supported before superconductivity breaks down. Experimental…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-05-31 Tancredi Salamone , Henning G. Hugdal , Sol H. Jacobsen , Morten Amundsen

Details of the electronic band structure in unconventional superconductors are key to the understanding of their fundamental ground state. The potential spin-triplet superconductor UTe$_2$, with $T_\mathrm{c}\approx 2.1\,$K, has attracted…

We report bulk ultrasound measurements up to 80 T and down to 0.5 K of the field re-entrant superconducting phase of the unconventional superconductor UTe$_2$. Clear bulk signatures of superconductivity are observed in the longitudinal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-22 N. Marquardt , C. Duffy , C. Proust , S. Badoux , M. Amano Patino , G. Lapertot , D. Aoki , J. -P. Brison , G. Knebel , D. LeBoeuf

We present a study of the upper critical field of the newly discovered heavy fermion superconductor UTe$_2$ by magnetoresistivity measurements in pulsed magnetic fields up to 60~T and static magnetic fields up to 35~T. We show that…