Evidence for a nematic component to the hidden-order parameter in URu 2 Si 2 from differential elastoresistance measurements

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Riggs, Scott C ^a,b   Shapiro, M C ^a,b   Maharaj, Akash V ^a,b   Raghu, S ^c   Bauer, E D ^c   Baumbach, R E ^a,b   Giraldo Gallo, P ^d   Wartenbe, Mark ^a,b   Fisher, I R ^a,b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIAXIAL TEST; PHASE TRANSITION; PROBE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FERMION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84924587604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7425     Document Type: Article

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