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Spin-triplet superconductors provide an ideal platform for realizing topological superconductivity with emergent Majorana quasiparticles. The promising candidate is the recently discovered superconductor UTe$ _2$, but the symmetry of the…

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…

The two-channel Anderson lattice model which has $SU(2)\otimes SU(2)$ symmetry is of relevance to understanding of the magnetic, quadrupolar and superconducting phases in U$_{1-x}$Th$_x$Be$_{13}$ or Pr base skutterudite compounds such as…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Frithjof B Anders

Although correlated electronic-structure calculations explain very well the normal state of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$, its superconducting symmetry is still unknown. Here we construct the spin and charge fluctuation pairing interactions based on its…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-11-27 Olivier Gingras , Reza Nourafkan , André-Marie S. Tremblay , Michel Côté

The discovery of unconventional superconductivity in the heavy-fermion material UTe$_2$ has reinvigorated research of spin-triplet superconductivity. We perform a theoretical study of coupled two-component spin-triplet superconducting order…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-02-23 Henrik S. Røising , Max Geier , Andreas Kreisel , Brian M. Andersen

Identification of pairing mechanisms leading to the unconventional superconductivity realized in copper-oxide, heavy-fermions, and organic compounds is one of the most challenging issues in condensed-matter physics. Clear evidence for an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-02-21 Y. Tada , S. Fujimoto , N. Kawakami , T. Hattori , Y. Ihara , K. Ishida , K. Deguchi , N. K. Sato , I. Satoh

The vortex dynamics in the spin-triplet superconductor, UTe$_2$, are studied by measuring the DC electrical resistivity with currents along the $a$-axis under magnetic fields along the $b$-axis. Surprisingly, we have discovered an island…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-04-03 Y. Tokiwa , H. Sakai. S. Kambe , P. Opletal , E. Yamamoto , M. Kimata , S. Awaji , T. Sasaki , Y. Yanase , Y. Haga , Y. Tokunaga

Newly-discovered superconductor UTe$_2$ is a strong contender for a topological spin-triplet state wherein a multi-component order parameter arises from two nearly-degenerate superconducting states. A key issue is whether both of these…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-12-10 S. M. Thomas , C. Stevens , F. B. Santos , S. S. Fender , E. D. Bauer , F. Ronning , J. D. Thompson , A. Huxley , P. F. S. Rosa

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 report low-temperature muon spin relaxation/rotation (muSR) measurements on single crystals of the actinide superconductor UTe2. Below 5 K we observe a continuous slowing down of magnetic fluctuations that persists through the…

We discuss the possibility of spin-triplet superconductivity in a two-dimensional Hubbard model on a triangular lattice within the third-order perturbation theory. When we vary the symmetry in the dispersion of the bare energy band from D_2…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Yunori Nisikawa , Kosaku Yamada

The spin-triplet superconductor UTe$_2$ 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…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-05-16 Yusuke Iguchi , Huiyuan Man , S. M. Thomas , Filip Ronning , Priscila F. S. Rosa , Kathryn A. Moler

We summarize the present status of the theories of spin fluctuations in dealing with the anomalous or non-Fermi liquid behavior and unconventional superconductivity in strongly correlated electron systems around their magnetic instabilities…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Toru Moriya

UTe$_2$ is a recently discovered promising candidate for a spin-triplet superconductor. In contrast to conventional spin-singlet superconductivity, spin-triplet superconductivity possesses spin and angular momentum degrees of freedom. To…

Chiral spin-triplet superconductivity is a topologically nontrivial pairing state with broken time-reversal symmetry, which can host Majorana quasiparticles. The recently discovered heavy-fermion superconductor UTe$_2$ exhibits peculiar…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-05-25 K. Ishihara , M. Roppongi , M. Kobayashi , Y. Mizukami , H. Sakai , Y. Haga , K. Hashimoto , T. Shibauchi

We investigate the effect of easy-axis metamagnetic crossover on superconductivity in UTe$_2$ along the $a$-axis through measurements of AC susceptibility, magnetization, and the magnetocaloric effect. In ultra-clean single crystals, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-26 Y. Tokiwa , P. Opletal , H. Sakai , K. Kubo , S. Kambe , E. Yamamoto , M. Kimata , S. Awaji , T. Sasaki , D. Aoki , Y. Yanase , Y. Tokunaga , Y. Haga

The paramagnetic spin-triplet superconductor UTe$_2$ has attracted significant attention because of its exotic superconducting properties including an extremely high upper critical field and possible chiral superconducting states. Recently,…

The interplay between magnetism and superconductivity is one of the central topics of condensed matter physics, which has recently been put into new light by the discovery of altermagnets. Here, we study this interplay from a fundamental…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-07-16 Kirill Parshukov , Andreas P. Schnyder

The discovery of superconductivity in the heavy-fermion paramagnet UTe$_2$ has attracted a lot of attention, particularly due to the reinforcement of superconductivity near pressure- and magnetic-field-induced magnetic quantum phase…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-01-05 M. Vališka , W. Knafo , G. Knebel , G. Lapertot , D. Aoki , D. Braithwaite

Our measurements of $^{125}$Te NMR relaxations reveal an enhancement of electronic spin fluctuations above $\mu_0H^*\sim15$ T, leading to their divergence in the vicinity of the metamagnetic transition at $\mu_0H_m\approx35$ T, below which…