Two-Dimensional XY-Type Magnetic Properties of Locally Noncentrosymmetric Superconductor CeRh2As2

Autor: Shunsaku Kitagawa, Mayu Kibune, Katsuki Kinjo, Masahiro Manago, Takanori Taniguchi, Kenji Ishida, Manuel Brando, Elena Hassinger, Christoph Geibel, Seunghyun Khim
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 91
ISSN: 1347-4073
0031-9015
Popis: We performed $^{75}$As-NMR measurements to investigate the normal-state magnetic properties of CeRh$_2$As$_2$, a recently-discovered heavy-fermion superconductor. The magnitude and temperature dependence of the Knight shift at the As(2) site indicate easy-plane-type magnetic anisotropy in CeRh$_2$As$_2$. With regard to spin fluctuations, the temperature dependence of the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate $1/T_1$ arising from the 4$f$ electrons decreases from high-temperature constant behavior on cooling at $\sim$ 40~K, which is typical behavior of heavy-fermion systems. In addition, $1/T_1$ becomes constant at low temperatures, suggesting spatially two-dimensional antiferromagnetic fluctuations. Two-dimensional magnetic correlations in the real space are quite rare among heavy-fermion superconductors, and they may be a key factor in the unique superconducting multi-phase in CeRh$_2$As$_2$.
5 pages, 4 figures
Databáze: OpenAIRE