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Pressure Dependence of Magnetic States of UGe2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Alexander B. Shick ,
Václav Janiš ,
Václav Drchal  and
Warren E. Pickett
Alexander B. Shick
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics ASCR, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
Václav Janiš
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics ASCR, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
Václav Drchal
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics ASCR, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
Warren E. Pickett
Affiliation:
University of California-Davis, 1 Shields Ave., Davis CA 95616, USA
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Abstract

The correlated band theory picture (LSDA+U) has been applied to UGe2, in which superconductivity has been found to coexist with robust ferromagnetism. Over a range of volumes (i.e. pressures), two nearly degenerate states are obtained, which differ most strikingly in their orbital character (on uranium). The calculated moment, and its separation into spin and orbital parts, is consistent with recent polarized neutron scattering data. These two states are strong candidates for the two ferromagnetic phases, one low-temperature -- low-pressure, the other higher-temperature -- higher pressure. Magnetic waves built from fluctuations between these uranium configurations provide a possible new mechanism of pairing in UGe2.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 802: Symposium DD – Actinides - Basic Science, Applications, and Technology , 2003 , DD6.10
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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