From 0d2d0cde33d298d3ac4d2357a1b3008292a96773 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jaron Kent-Dobias Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 21:23:05 -0500 Subject: lots of small spot changes, and a big purge of afm talk --- main.tex | 261 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------ 1 file changed, 135 insertions(+), 126 deletions(-) (limited to 'main.tex') diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex index 1bdc030..385ddcf 100644 --- a/main.tex +++ b/main.tex @@ -117,12 +117,13 @@ theories~\cite{kambe_odd-parity_2018, haule_arrested_2009, harima_why_2010, thalmeier_signatures_2011, tonegawa_cyclotron_2012, rau_hidden_2012, riggs_evidence_2015, hoshino_resolution_2013, ikeda_theory_1998, chandra_hastatic_2013, harrison_hidden_nodate, -ikeda_emergent_2012} propose associating any of a variety of broken symmetries with \ho. -This work seeks to unify two experimental observations: first, the $\Bog$ -``nematic" elastic susceptibility $(C_{11}-C_{12})/2$ softens anomalously from -room temperature down to $T_{\text{\ho}}=17.5\,\K$;\cite{de_visser_thermal_1986} and second, a $\Bog$ nematic distortion is -observed by x-ray scattering under sufficient pressure to destroy the \ho\ -state.\cite{choi_pressure-induced_2018} +ikeda_emergent_2012} propose associating any of a variety of broken symmetries +with \ho. This work proposes yet another, motivated by two experimental +observations: first, the $\Bog$ ``nematic" elastic susceptibility +$(C_{11}-C_{12})/2$ softens anomalously from room temperature down to +$T_{\text{\ho}}=17.5\,\K$;\cite{de_visser_thermal_1986} and second, a $\Bog$ +nematic distortion is observed by x-ray scattering under sufficient pressure to +destroy the \ho\ state.\cite{choi_pressure-induced_2018} Recent resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (\rus) measurements were used to examine the thermodynamic discontinuities in the elastic moduli at @@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ under pressure.\cite{choi_pressure-induced_2018} Above 0.13--0.5 $\GPa$ While it remains unclear as to whether this is a true thermodynamic phase transition, it may be related to the anomalous softening of the $\Bog$ elastic modulus $(C_{11}-C_{12})/2$ that occurs over a broad temperature range at -zero-pressure.\cite{wolf_elastic_1994, kuwahara_lattice_1997} Motivated by +zero pressure.\cite{wolf_elastic_1994, kuwahara_lattice_1997} Motivated by these results---which hint at a $\Bog$ strain susceptibility associated with the \ho\ state---we construct a phenomenological mean field theory for an arbitrary \op\ coupled to strain, and then determine the effect of its phase @@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ transitions on the elastic response in different symmetry channels. We find that only one \op\ representation reproduces the anomalous $\Bog$ elastic modulus, which softens in a Curie--Weiss-like manner from room temperature and then cusps at $T_{\text{\ho}}$. That theory associates \ho\ -with a $\Bog$ \op\ modulated along the $c$-axis, the \afm\ state with uniform +with a $\Bog$ \op\ modulated along the $c$-axis, the high pressure state with uniform $\Bog$ order, and the triple point between them with a Lifshitz point. In addition to the agreement with the ultrasound data across a broad temperature range, the theory predicts uniform $\Bog$ strain at high pressure---the same @@ -157,19 +158,20 @@ distortion that was recently seen in x-ray scattering experiments.\cite{choi_pressure-induced_2018} This theory strongly motivates future ultrasound experiments under pressure approaching the Lifshitz point, which should find that the $(C_{11}-C_{12})/2$ modulus diverges as the uniform -$\Bog$ strain of the \afm\ phase is approached. +$\Bog$ strain of the high pressure phase is approached. \section{Model} -The point group of \urusi\ is \Dfh, and any theory must locally -respect this symmetry in the high-temperature phase. Our phenomenological free -energy density contains three parts: the elastic free energy, the \op, and the +The point group of \urusi\ is \Dfh, and any theory must locally respect this +symmetry in the high-temperature phase. Our phenomenological free energy +density contains three parts: the elastic free energy, the \op, and the interaction between strain and \op. The most general quadratic free energy of the strain $\epsilon$ is $f_\e=C^0_{ijkl}\epsilon_{ij}\epsilon_{kl}$. \footnote{Components of the elastic modulus tensor $C$ were given in the -popular Voigt notation in the abstract and introduction. Here and henceforth -the notation used is that natural for a rank-four tensor.} Linear combinations -of the six independent components of strain form five irreducible components of + popular Voigt notation in the abstract and introduction. Here and henceforth +the notation used is that natural for a rank-four tensor.} The form of the bare +moduli tensor $C^0$ is further restricted by symmetry. Linear combinations of +the six independent components of strain form five irreducible components of strain in \Dfh\ as \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} @@ -220,8 +222,8 @@ under inversion), the $\Atg$ irrep, and all half-integer (spinor) representations. If the \op\ transforms like $\Aog$ (e.g. a fluctuation in valence number), odd -terms are allowed in its free energy and any transition will be first order and -not continuous without fine-tuning. Since the \ho\ phase transition is +terms are allowed in its free energy and without fine-tuning any transition +will be first order and not continuous. Since the \ho\ phase transition is second-order,\cite{de_visser_thermal_1986} we will henceforth rule out $\Aog$ \op s as well. For the \op\ representation $\X$ as any of those remaining---$\Bog$, $\Btg$, or $\Eg$---the most general quadratic free energy @@ -263,9 +265,9 @@ $\epsilon_\X$ gives which in turn gives the strain field conditioned on the state of the \op\ field as $\epsilon_\X^\star[\eta](x)=(b/C^0_\X)\eta(x)$ at all spatial coordinates $x$, and $\epsilon_\Y^\star[\eta]=0$ for all other irreps $\Y\neq\X$. Upon -substitution into the \eqref{eq:free_energy}, the resulting single-argument +substitution into \eqref{eq:free_energy}, the resulting single-argument free energy functional $F[\eta,\epsilon_\star[\eta]]$ has a density identical -to $f_\op$ with $r\to\tilde r=r-b^2/2C^0_\X$. +to $f_\op$ with the identification $r\to\tilde r=r-b^2/2C^0_\X$. \begin{figure}[htpb] \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{phase_diagram_experiments} @@ -289,16 +291,16 @@ to $f_\op$ with $r\to\tilde r=r-b^2/2C^0_\X$. With the strain traced out, \eqref{eq:fo} describes the theory of a Lifshitz point at $\tilde r=c_\perp=0$.\cite{lifshitz_theory_1942, -lifshitz_theory_1942-1} The properties discused below can all be found in a -standard text, e.g., Chaikin \& Lubensky.\cite{chaikin_principles_2000} For a one-component \op\ -($\Bog$ or $\Btg$) and positive $c_\parallel$, it is -traditional to make the field ansatz +lifshitz_theory_1942-1} The properties discussed in the remainder of this +section can all be found in a standard text, e.g., Chaikin \& +Lubensky.\cite{chaikin_principles_2000} For a one-component \op\ ($\Bog$ or +$\Btg$) and positive $c_\parallel$, it is traditional to make the field ansatz $\langle\eta(x)\rangle=\eta_*\cos(q_*x_3)$. For $\tilde r>0$ and $c_\perp>0$, or $\tilde r>c_\perp^2/4D_\perp$ and $c_\perp<0$, the only stable solution is $\eta_*=q_*=0$ and the system is unordered. For $\tilde r<0$ there are free energy minima for $q_*=0$ and $\eta_*^2=-\tilde r/4u$ and this system has -uniform order of the \op\ representation, e.g., $\Bog$ or $\Btg$. For $c_\perp<0$ -and $\tilde r