Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 34, No. 22, February 2003, page 1265


Search for Novel Order in URu2Si2 by Neutron Scattering

M.J. Bull, B. Fåk, K.A. McEwen, J.A. Mydosh

We have made extensive reciprocal space maps in the heavy-fermion superconductor URu2Si2 using high-resolution time-of-flight single-crystal neutron diffraction to search for signs of a hidden order parameter related to the 17.5 K phase transition. Within the present sensitivity of the experiment (0.007 \mu B/U-ion for sharp peaks), no additional features such as incommensurate structures or short-range order have been found in the (h0l) or (hhl) scattering planes. The only additional low-temperature scattering observed was the well-known tiny antiferromagnetic moment of 0.03 \mu B/U-ion.

PACS numbers: 74.80.--g, 75.25.+z


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