Wednesday, March 27, 2013

1303.6459 (J. A. N. Bruin et al.)

Study of the electronic nematic phase of Sr$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$ with precise
control of the applied magnetic field vector
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J. A. N. Bruin, R. A. Borzi, S. A. Grigera, A. W. Rost, R. S. Perry, A. P. Mackenzie
We report a study of the magnetoresistivity of high purity Sr$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$, in the vicinity of its electronic nematic phase. By employing a triple-axis (9/1/1T) vector magnet, we were able to precisely tune both the magnitude and direction of the in-plane component of the magnetic field (H$_\parallel$). We report the dependence of the resistively determined anisotropy on H$_\parallel$ in the phase, as well as across the wider temperature-field region. Our measurements reveal a high-temperature anisotropy which mimics the behaviour of fluctuations from the underlying quantum critical point, and suggest the existence of a more complicated phase diagram than previously reported.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.6459

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