Literature DB >> 31809164

Quasi-Two-Dimensional Fermi Surfaces and Unitary Spin-Triplet Pairing in the Heavy Fermion Superconductor UTe_{2}.

Yuanji Xu1,2, Yutao Sheng1,2, Yi-Feng Yang1,2,3.   

Abstract

We report first-principles and strongly correlated calculations of the newly discovered heavy fermion superconductor UTe_{2}. Our analyses reveal three key aspects of its magnetic, electronic, and superconducting properties that include (i) a two-leg ladder-type structure with strong magnetic frustrations, which might explain the absence of long-range orders and the observed magnetic and transport anisotropy, (ii) quasi-two-dimensional Fermi surfaces composed of two separate electron and hole cylinders with similar nesting properties as in UGe_{2}, which may potentially promote magnetic fluctuations and help to enhance the spin-triplet pairing, and (iii) a unitary spin-triplet pairing state of strong spin-orbit coupling at zero field, with point nodes presumably on the heavier hole Fermi surface along the k_{x} direction, in contrast to the previous belief of nonunitary pairing. Our proposed scenario is in excellent agreement with latest thermal conductivity measurement and provides a basis for understanding the peculiar magnetic and superconducting properties of UTe_{2}.

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Year:  2019        PMID: 31809164     DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.217002

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Phys Rev Lett        ISSN: 0031-9007            Impact factor:   9.161


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1.  Low-temperature crystal structure of the unconventional spin-triplet superconductor UTe2 from single-crystal neutron diffraction.

Authors:  Vladimir Hutanu; Hao Deng; Sheng Ran; Wesley T Fuhrman; Henrik Thoma; Nicholas P Butch
Journal:  Acta Crystallogr B Struct Sci Cryst Eng Mater       Date:  2020-01-29
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