From 02187d60a03d2f7bed87813fe4c15646c93b5eb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jaron Kent-Dobias Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:54:10 -0400 Subject: Added Appendix with calculation of modulus with higher-order interaction, made figure bigger. --- main.tex | 287 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 248 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) (limited to 'main.tex') diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex index 7e934bb..b815c79 100644 --- a/main.tex +++ b/main.tex @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -\documentclass[aps,prb,reprint,longbibliography,floatfix]{revtex4-1} +\documentclass[aps,prb,reprint,longbibliography,floatfix,fleqn]{revtex4-1} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{amsmath,graphicx,upgreek,amssymb,xcolor} \usepackage[colorlinks=true,urlcolor=purple,citecolor=purple,filecolor=purple,linkcolor=purple]{hyperref} @@ -111,9 +111,10 @@ broken symmetry remains unknown. This state, known as \emph{hidden order} lower temperatures. At sufficiently large hydrostatic pressures, both superconductivity and \ho\ give way to local moment antiferromagnetism (\afm).\cite{Hassinger_2008} Modern theories~\cite{Kambe_2018, Haule_2009, - Kusunose_2011, Kung_2015, Cricchio_2009, Ohkawa_1999, Santini_1994, -Kiss_2005, Harima_2010, Thalmeier_2011, Tonegawa_2012, Rau_2012, Riggs_2015, -Hoshino_2013, Ikeda_1998, Chandra_2013a, 1902.06588v2, Ikeda_2012} propose +Kusunose_2011_On, Kung_2015, Cricchio_2009, Ohkawa_1999, Santini_1994, +Kiss_2005, Harima_2010, Thalmeier_2011, Tonegawa_2012_Cyclotron, +Rau_2012_Hidden, Riggs_2015_Evidence, Hoshino_2013_Resolution, +Ikeda_1998_Theory, Chandra_2013_Hastatic, 1902.06588v2, Ikeda_2012} propose associating any of a variety of broken symmetries with \ho. This work analyzes a family of phenomenological models with order parameters of general symmetry that couple linearly to strain. Of these, only one is compatible with two @@ -128,9 +129,10 @@ examine the thermodynamic discontinuities in the elastic moduli at $T_{\text{\ho}}$.\cite{1903.00552v1} The observation of discontinues only in compressional, or $\Aog$, elastic moduli requires that the point-group representation of \ho\ be one-dimensional. This rules out many order parameter -candidates~\cite{Thalmeier_2011, Tonegawa_2012, Rau_2012, Riggs_2015, -Hoshino_2013, Ikeda_2012, Chandra_2013b} in a model-independent way, but -doesn't differentiate between those that remain. +candidates~\cite{Thalmeier_2011, Tonegawa_2012_Cyclotron, Rau_2012_Hidden, +Riggs_2015_Evidence, Hoshino_2013_Resolution, Ikeda_2012, Chandra_2013_Origin} +in a model-independent way, but doesn't differentiate between those that +remain. Recent x-ray experiments discovered rotational symmetry breaking in \urusi\ under pressure.\cite{Choi_2018} Above 0.13--0.5 $\GPa$ (depending on @@ -462,33 +464,34 @@ signatures of a continuous transition by locating thermodynamic singularities at nonzero $q=q_*$. The remaining clue at $q=0$ is a particular kink in the corresponding modulus. -\begin{figure}[htpb] +\section{Comparison to experiment} + +\begin{figure*}[htpb] \centering - \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{fig-stiffnesses} + \includegraphics{fig-stiffnesses} \caption{ - \Rus\ measurements of the elastic moduli of \urusi\ at ambient pressure as a - function of temperature from recent experiments\cite{1903.00552v1} (blue, - solid) alongside fits to theory (magenta, dashed). The solid yellow region - shows the location of the \ho\ phase. (a) $\Btg$ modulus data and a fit to - the standard form.\cite{Varshni_1970} (b) $\Bog$ modulus data and a fit to - \eqref{eq:static_modulus}. The fit gives - $C^0_\Bog\simeq\big[71-(0.010\,\K^{-1})T\big]\,\GPa$, $D_\perp - q_*^4/b^2\simeq0.16\,\GPa^{-1}$, and - $a/b^2\simeq6.1\times10^{-4}\,\GPa^{-1}\,\K^{-1}$. Addition of a quadratic - term in $C^0_\Bog$ was here not needed for the fit.\cite{Varshni_1970} (c) - $\Bog$ modulus data and the fit of the \emph{bare} $\Bog$ modulus. (d) - $\Bog$ modulus data and the fit transformed by - $[C^0_\Bog(C^0_\Bog/C_\Bog-1)]]^{-1}$, which is predicted from - \eqref{eq:static_modulus} to equal $D_\perp q_*^4/b^2+a/b^2|T-T_c|$, e.g., - an absolute value function. The failure of the Ginzburg--Landau prediction - below the transition is expected on the grounds that the \op\ is too large - for the free energy expansion to be valid by the time the Ginzburg - temperature is reached. + \Rus\ measurements of the elastic moduli of \urusi\ at ambient pressure as a + function of temperature from recent experiments\cite{1903.00552v1} (blue, + solid) alongside fits to theory (magenta, dashed). The solid yellow region + shows the location of the \ho\ phase. (a) $\Btg$ modulus data and a fit to + the standard form.\cite{Varshni_1970} (b) $\Bog$ modulus data and a fit to + \eqref{eq:static_modulus}. The fit gives + $C^0_\Bog\simeq\big[71-(0.010\,\K^{-1})T\big]\,\GPa$, $D_\perp + q_*^4/b^2\simeq0.16\,\GPa^{-1}$, and + $a/b^2\simeq6.1\times10^{-4}\,\GPa^{-1}\,\K^{-1}$. Addition of a quadratic + term in $C^0_\Bog$ was here not needed for the fit.\cite{Varshni_1970} (c) + $\Bog$ modulus data and the fit of the \emph{bare} $\Bog$ modulus. (d) + $\Bog$ modulus data and the fit transformed by + $[C^0_\Bog(C^0_\Bog/C_\Bog-1)]]^{-1}$, which is predicted from + \eqref{eq:static_modulus} to equal $D_\perp q_*^4/b^2+a/b^2|T-T_c|$, e.g., + an absolute value function. The failure of the Ginzburg--Landau prediction + below the transition is expected on the grounds that the \op\ is too large + for the free energy expansion to be valid by the time the Ginzburg + temperature is reached. } \label{fig:data} -\end{figure} +\end{figure*} -\section{Comparison to experiment} \Rus\ experiments~\cite{1903.00552v1} yield the individual elastic moduli broken into irreps; data for the $\Bog$ and $\Btg$ components defined in \eqref{eq:strain-components} are shown in Figures \ref{fig:data}(a--b). The @@ -497,18 +500,27 @@ the presence of the transition, exhibiting the expected linear stiffening upon cooling from room temperature, with a low-temperature cutoff at some fraction of the Debye temperature.\cite{Varshni_1970} The $\Bog$ modulus Fig.~\ref{fig:data}(b) has a dramatic response, softening over the course of -roughly $100\,\K$ and then cusping at the \ho\ transition. While the -low-temperature response is not as dramatic as the theory predicts, mean field -theory---which is based on a small-$\eta$ expansion---will not work -quantitatively far below the transition where $\eta$ has a large nonzero value -and higher powers in the free energy become important. The data in the +roughly $100\,\K$ and then cusping at the \ho\ transition. The data in the high-temperature phase can be fit to the theory \eqref{eq:static_modulus}, with a linear background modulus $C^0_\Bog$ and $\tilde r-\tilde r_c=a(T-T_c)$, and -the result is shown in Figure \ref{fig:data}(b). The data and theory appear -quantitatively consistent in the high temperature phase, suggesting that \ho\ -can be described as a $\Bog$-nematic phase that is modulated at finite $q$ -along the $c-$axis. The predicted softening appears over hundreds of Kelvin; -Figures \ref{fig:data}(c--d) show the background modulus $C_\Bog^0$ and the +the result is shown in Figure \ref{fig:data}(b). + +The behavior of the modulus below the transition does not match +\eqref{eq:static_modulus} well, but this is because of the truncation of the +free energy expansion used above. Higher order terms like $\eta^2\epsilon^2$ +contribute to the modulus starting at order $\eta_*^2$, and therefore while +they do not affect the behavior above the transition, they change the behavior +below it. To demonstrate this, in Appendix~\ref{sec:higher-order} we compute +the modulus in a theory where the interaction free energy is truncated after +fourth order with new term $\frac12g\eta^2\epsilon^2$. The thin solid black +line in Fig.~\ref{fig:data} shows the fit of the \rus\ data to \eqref{eq:C0} +and shows that high-order corrections can account for the low-temperature +behavior. + +The data and theory appear quantitatively consistent, suggesting that \ho\ can +be described as a $\Bog$-nematic phase that is modulated at finite $q$ along +the $c-$axis. The predicted softening appears over hundreds of Kelvin; Figures +\ref{fig:data}(c--d) show the background modulus $C_\Bog^0$ and the \op--induced response isolated from each other. We have seen that the mean-field theory of a $\Bog$ \op\ recreates the topology @@ -624,6 +636,203 @@ such as ultrasound, that could further support or falsify this idea. Elena Hassinger. We thank Sayak Ghosh for \rus\ data. \end{acknowledgements} +\appendix + +\section{Adding a higher-order interaction} +\label{sec:higher-order} + +In this appendix, we compute the $\Bog$ modulus for a theory with a high-order +interaction truncation to better match the low-temperature behavior. Consider +the free energy density $f=f_\e+f_\i+f_\op$ with +\begin{equation} + \begin{aligned} + f_\e&=\frac12C_0\epsilon^2 \\ + f_\i&=-b\epsilon\eta+\frac12g\epsilon^2\eta^2 \\ + f_\op&=\frac12\big[r\eta^2+c_\parallel(\nabla_\parallel\eta)^2+c_\perp(\nabla_\perp\eta)^2+D(\nabla_\perp^2\eta)^2\big]+u\eta^4. + \end{aligned} + \label{eq:new_free_energy} +\end{equation} +The mean-field stain conditioned on the order parameter is found from +\begin{equation} + \begin{aligned} + 0 + &=\frac{\delta F[\eta,\epsilon]}{\delta\epsilon(x)}\bigg|_{\epsilon=\epsilon_\star[\eta]} \\ + &=C_0\epsilon_\star[\eta](x)-b\eta(x)+g\epsilon_\star[\eta](x)\eta(x)^2, + \end{aligned} +\end{equation} +which yields +\begin{equation} + \epsilon_\star[\eta](x)=\frac{b\eta(x)}{C_0+g\eta(x)^2}. + \label{eq:epsilon_star} +\end{equation} +Upon substitution into \eqref{eq:new_free_energy} and expanded to fourth order +in $\eta$, $F[\eta,\epsilon_\star[\eta]]$ can be written in the form +$F_\op[\eta]$ alone with $r\to\tilde r=r-b^2/C_0$ and $u\to\tilde +u=u+b^2g/2C_0^2$. The phase diagram in $\eta$ follows as before with the +shifted coefficients, and namely $\langle\eta(x)\rangle=\eta_*\cos(q_*x_3)$ for +$\tilde r 0 \\ + -a\Delta T/3\tilde u & \Delta T \leq 0, + \end{cases} +\end{equation} +we can fit the ratios $b^2/a=1665\,\mathrm{GPa}\,\mathrm K$, $b^2/Dq_*^4=6.28\,\mathrm{GPa}$, and $b\sqrt{-g/\tilde u}=14.58\,\mathrm{GPa}$ with $C_0=(71.14-(0.010426\times T)/\mathrm K)\,\mathrm{GPa}$. The resulting fit the thin solid black line in Fig.~\ref{fig:data}. +\end{widetext} + \bibliographystyle{apsrev4-1} \bibliography{hidden_order} -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2