High-magnetic-field lattice length changes in URu2Si2.
We report high-magnetic-field (up to 45 T) ĉ-axis thermal-expansion and magnetostriction experiments on URu(2)Si(2) single crystals. The sample length change ΔL(c)(T(HO))/L(c) associated with the transition to the "hidden order" phase becomes increasingly discontinuous as the magnetic field is raised above 25 T. The reentrant ordered phase III is clearly observed in both the thermal expansion ΔL(c)(T)/L(c) and magnetostriction ΔL(c)(B)/L(c) above 36 T, in good agreement with previous results. The sample length is also discontinuous at the boundaries of this phase, mainly at the upper boundary. A change in the sign of the coefficient of thermal expansion α(c)=1/L(c)(∂ΔL(c)/∂T) is observed at the metamagnetic transition (B(M) ~ 38 T), which is likely related to the existence of a quantum critical end point.
Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA, and Instituto Balseiro, UN Cuyo, 8400 Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.
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