Direct observation of lattice symmetry breaking at the hidden-order transition in URu 2 Si 2

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tonegawa, S ^a   Kasahara, S ^a   Fukuda, T ^b,c   Sugimoto, K ^c,d   Yasuda, N ^d   Tsuruhara, Y ^a   Watanabe, D ^a   Mizukami, Y ^a,e   Haga, Y ^f   Matsuda, T D ^f,g   Yamamoto, E ^f   Onuki, Y ^f,h   Ikeda, H ^a,i   Matsuda, Y ^a   Shibauchi, T ^a,e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Quantum Beam Science Directorate   (Japan)

^c RIKEN SPring 8 Center   (Japan)

^d Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^g TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

ⁱ RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUTHENIUM; SILICON; URANIUM;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; METAL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHASE TRANSITION; SYNCHROTRON; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84903194502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5188     Document Type: Article

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