2024-03-28T15:39:02Zhttps://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace-oai/requestoai:eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp:2115/511342022-11-17T02:08:08Zhdl_2115_20039hdl_2115_116Γ3-type Lattice Instability and the Hidden Order of URu2Si2Yanagisawa, TatsuyaMombetsu, ShotaHidaka, HiroyukiAmitsuka, HiroshiAkatsu, MitsuhiroYasin, ShadiZherlitsyn, GergeiWosnitza, JochenHuang, KevinMaple, M. BrianURu2Si2hidden orderelastic constantultrasoundpulsed-magnetic field420We have performed ultrasonic measurements on single-crystalline URu2Si2 with pulsed magnetic fields, in order to check for possible lattice instabilities due to the hybridized state and the hidden-order state of this compound. The elastic constant (C11-C12)/2, which is associated with a response to the Γ3-type symmetry-breaking (orthorhombic) strain field, shows a three-step increase at H 35 T for H k c at low temperatures, where successive meta-magnetic transitions are observed in the magnetization. We discovered a new fact that the absolute change of the softening of (C11-C12)/2 in the temperature dependence is quantitatively recovered at the suppression of hybridized-electronic state and the hidden order in high-magnetic field for H k c associated with the successive transitions. The present results suggest that the Γ3-type lattice instability, is related to both the emergence of the hybridized electronic state and the hidden-order parameter of URu2Si2. On the other hand, magnetic fields H k [100] and [110] enhance the softening of (C11-C12)/2 in the hidden order phase, while no step-like anomaly is observed up to 68.7 T.We discuss the limitation of the localized-electron picture for describing these features of URu2Si2 by examination of a crystalline electric field model in terms of mean-field theory.Physical Society of JapanJournal Articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2115/51134https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/51134/1/jpsj-82-013601_draft.pdf0031-9015Journal of the Physical Society of Japan820136012013enginfo:doi/10.7566/JPSJ.82.013601© 2013 The Physical Society of Japanauthor