title: Hidden order in URu2Si2 originates from Fermi surface gapping induced by dynamic symmetry breaking.
abstract: Spontaneous, collective ordering of electronic degrees of freedom leads to second-order phase transitions that are characterized by an order parameter driving the transition. The notion of a 'hidden order' has recently been used for a variety of materials where a clear phase transition occurs without a known order parameter. The prototype example is the heavy-fermion compound URu(2)Si(2), where a mysterious hidden-order transition occurs at 17.5 K. For more than twenty years this system has been studied theoretically and experimentally without a firm grasp of the underlying physics. Here, we provide a microscopic explanation of the hidden order using density-functional theory calculations. We identify the Fermi surface 'hot spots' where degeneracy induces a Fermi surface instability and quantify how symmetry breaking lifts the degeneracy, causing a surprisingly large Fermi surface gapping. As the mechanism for the hidden order, we deduce spontaneous symmetry breaking through a dynamic mode of antiferromagnetic moment excitations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Materials Science, Uppsala University, Box 530, S-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elgazzar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rusz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amft
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Oppeneer
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mydosh