Electronic structure and multipolar fluctuations in URu2Si2

ORAL

Abstract

The intriguing phase transition at 17.5K in URu$_2$Si$_2$ was discovered by Palstra in 1985. In spite of intensive research studies over a quarter century, the order parameter remains still unknown; so-called ``hidden order'' phase. Many recent experimental data indicate that the magnetic and electronic properties can be easy to understand from the viewpoint of the itinerant picture rather than the localized picture. Thus, to elucidate the complicated electronic structure will be our important first step to comprehend the nature. Recently, by using a state-of-the-art {\it ab initio} downfolding, we have succeeded to construct the Wannier orbitals and to obtain the tight-binding Hamiltonian in terms of these basis set. Adding on-site Coulomb interactions between f orbitals, we obtain a multi-band Anderson lattice model, including full f orbitals. We here analyze the model Hamiltonian within the random phase approximation, and investigate magnetic fluctuations and multipolar fluctuations in URu$_2$Si$_2$. From these results, we discuss possible order parameters in the ``hidden order'' phase.

Authors

  • Hiroaki Ikeda

    Department of Physics, Kyoto University

  • Ryotaro Arita

    Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

  • Tetsuya Takimoto

    Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, POSTECH