Imaging the Three-Dimensional Fermi-Surface Pairing near the Hidden-Order Transition in URu2Si2 Using Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy

Jian-Qiao Meng, Peter M. Oppeneer, John A. Mydosh, Peter S. Riseborough, Krzysztof Gofryk, John J. Joyce, Eric D. Bauer, Yinwan Li, and Tomasz Durakiewicz
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 127002 – Published 19 September 2013
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Abstract

We report angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy experiments probing deep into the hidden-order state of URu2Si2, utilizing tunable photon energies with sufficient energy and momentum resolution to detect the near Fermi-surface (FS) behavior. Our results reveal (i) the full itinerancy of the 5f electrons, (ii) the crucial three-dimensional k-space nature of the FS and its critical nesting vectors, in good comparison with density-functional theory calculations, and (iii) the existence of hot-spot lines and pairing of states at the FS, leading to FS gapping in the hidden-order phase.

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  • Received 14 February 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.127002

© 2013 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Jian-Qiao Meng1, Peter M. Oppeneer2, John A. Mydosh3, Peter S. Riseborough4, Krzysztof Gofryk1, John J. Joyce1, Eric D. Bauer1, Yinwan Li5, and Tomasz Durakiewicz1,*

  • 1Los Alamos National Laboratory, Condensed Matter and Magnet Science Group, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
  • 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
  • 3Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
  • 4Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
  • 5Wolfram Research, Inc., Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA

  • *Corresponding author. tomasz@lanl.gov

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Vol. 111, Iss. 12 — 20 September 2013

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