Flux line lattice melting and the formation of a coherent quasiparticle bloch state in the ultraclean URu2Si2 superconductor

  • R. Okazaki
  • , Y. Kasahara
  • , H. Shishido
  • , M. Konczykowski
  • , K. Behnia
  • , Y. Haga
  • , T. D. Matsuda
  • , Y. Onuki
  • , T. Shibauchi
  • , Y. Matsuda

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Abstract

We find that in the ultraclean heavy-fermion superconductor URu2Si2 (Tc0=1.45K) a distinct flux line lattice melting transition with outstanding characters occurs well below the mean-field upper critical fields. We show that a very small number of carriers with heavy mass in this system results in exceptionally large thermal fluctuations even at sub-Kelvin temperatures, which are witnessed by a sizable region of the flux line liquid phase. The uniqueness is further highlighted by an enhancement of the quasiparticle mean free path below the melting transition, implying a possible formation of a quasiparticle Bloch state in the periodic flux line lattice.

Original languageEnglish
Article number037004
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume100
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Jan 2008

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