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Superconductivity can be destroyed by a magnetic field with an upper bound known as the Pauli-limit in spin-singlet superconductors. Almost all the discovered superconductors are spin-singlet, with the highest transition temperature $T_c$…

The putative spin-triplet superconductor UTe2 exhibits multiple superconducting phases under applied pressure [D. Braithwaite et al., Commun. Phys. 2, 147 (2019)]. The clarification of pairing mechanisms and symmetries of gap functions are…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-02-26 Jushin Tei , Takeshi Mizushima , Satoshi Fujimoto

The upper critical field $H_{c2}(T)$ of the tight-binding electrons in the three-dimensional lattice is investigated. The electrons make Cooper pairs between the eigenstates with the same energy in the strong magnetic field. The transition…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-31 Mitake Miyazaki , Keita Kishigi , Yasumasa Hasegawa

We argue that (TMTSF)_2 PF_6 compound under pressure is likely a triplet superconductor with a vector order parameter d(k) \equiv (d_a(k) \neq 0, d_c(k) = ?, d_{b'}(k) = 0); |d_a(k)| > |d_c(k)|. It corresponds to an anisotropic spin…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 A. G. Lebed , K. Machida , M. Ozaki

We study theoretically the transition temperature of a quasi-one-dimensional anisotropic superconductor in a magnetic field, which is thought to be realized in organic conductors,(TMTSF)2X. In the weak field limit,-dH_c2/dT for the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Mitake Miyazaki , Yasumasa Hasegawa

The recently discovered superconductor UTe$_2$, with a T$_c$ between 1.5~K and 2~K, is attracting much attention due to strong suspicion of spin-triplet and topological superconductivity. Its properties under magnetic field are also…

Metamagnetic transitions in the novel spin-triplet superconductor UTe$_2$ were investigated through the newly developed simultaneous measurements of magnetization and sample temperature for the field along the orthorhombic $b$-axis and…

There is compelling evidence from inelastic-neutron-scattering and tunneling experiments that the heavy-fermion superconductor UPd$_2$Al$_3$ can be understood as a dual system consisting of magnetic excitons, arising from…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 P. McHale , P. Thalmeier , P. Fulde

Superconductivity originates from the formation of bound (Cooper) pairs of electrons that can move through the lattice without resistance below the superconducting transition temperature $T_c$. Electron Cooper pairs in most superconductors…

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…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-03-18 Sylvia K. Lewin , Corey E. Frank , Sheng Ran , Johnpierre Paglione , Nicholas P. Butch

We study the ferromagnetic superconductor UCoGe at ambient pressure under $ab$-plane magnetic fields $\vec{H}$ which are perpendicular to the ferromagnetic easy axis. It is shown that, by taking into account the Dyaloshinskii-Moriya…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-05-24 Yasuhiro Tada , Shintaro Takayoshi , Satoshi Fujimoto

We report the re-measurement of the $a$-axis spin susceptibility component in an early-stage sample of the spin-triplet superconductor UTe$_2$ with the transition temperature of $T_{\rm SC}$ = 1.6 K. Using Knight-shift measurements along…

UTe$_{2}$ exhibits the remarkable phenomenon of re-entrant superconductivity, whereby the zero-resistance state reappears above 40 tesla after being suppressed with a field of around 10 tesla. One potential pairing mechanism, invoked in the…

Multiple unconventional superconducting phases are suspected to be driven by magnetic fluctuations in the heavy-fermion paramagnet UTe$_2$, and a challenge is to identify the signatures of the electronic correlations, including the magnetic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-10-17 T. Thebault , W. Knafo , M. Vališka , G. Lapertot , A. Pourret , D. Aoki , G. Knebel , D. Braithwaite

There is considerable evidence that the heavy fermion material UTe$_2$ is a spin-triplet superconductor, possibly manifesting time-reversal symmetry breaking, as measured by Kerr effect and muon spin resonance experiments below the critical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-06-25 Vivek Mishra , Ge Wang , P. J. Hirschfeld

In most superconductors electrons form Cooper pairs in a spin-singlet state mediated by either phonons or by long-range interactions such as spin fluctuations. The superconductor UTe$_2$ is a rare material wherein electrons are believed to…

We report measurements of the upper critical field $H_{\mathrm{c2}}$ as functions of temperature $T$, polar angle $\theta$ (of the field direction with respect to the crystallographic $c$ axis), and azimuthal angle $\phi$ (of the field…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-02-20 Huakun Zuo , Jin-Ke Bao , Yi Liu , Jinhua Wang , Zhao Jin , Zhengcai Xia , Liang Li , Zhuan Xu , Jian Kang , Zengwei Zhu , Guang-Han Cao

In this work we investigated the temperature dependence of the upper critical field u0Hc2(T) of Fe1.02(3)Te0.61(4)Se0.39(4) and Fe1.05(3)Te0.89(2)Se0.11(2) single crystals by measuring the magnetotransport properties in stable dc magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-03-23 Hechang Lei , Rongwei Hu , E. S. Choi , J. B. Warren , C. Petrovic

The orthorhombic uranium dichalcogenide UTe$_2$ displays superconductivity below 1.7 K, with the anomalous feature of retaining 50$\%$ of normal state (ungapped) carriers, according to heat capacity data from two groups. Incoherent…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-10-09 Alexander B. Shick , Warren E. Pickett

Magnetic field induced superconductivity is a fascinating quantum phenomenon, whose origin is yet to be fully understood. The recently discovered spin triplet superconductor, UTe2, exhibits two such superconducting phases, with the second…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-10 Sheng Ran , Shanta R. Saha , I-Lin Liu , David Graf , Johnpierre Paglione , Nicholas P. Butch