Generic thermodynamics of condensates with extremely small superfluid density ---Application to UTe 2 and hidden second phase transition---

arXiv:2609.19834 · cond-mat.supr-con · Submitted 2026-09-17 · Read on arXiv

cond-mat.supr-con

Submitted: 2026-09-17

Updated: 2026-09-17

Comments: 43 pages, 15 figures

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The gist: Motivated by recent experimental findings on UTe 2 via NMR and specific heat experiments, we theoretically explore the thermodynamic signatures of condensates with small superfluid density and

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Motivated by recent experimental findings on UTe 2 via NMR and specific heat experiments, we theoretically explore the thermodynamic signatures of condensates with small superfluid density and characterize their physical properties. We identify the hidden superconducting phase A 2 composed of spin-up Cooper pairs at lower temperature (T) and field (H) under ambient pressure of UTe 2 and show that A 2 reappears at higher H for all three principal field directions, a, b, and c-axis. The phase transition lines from the A 1 phase with spin down pairs to the A 2 phase in the H - T plane are all horizontal in common, implying a universal physical origin due to the originating from the magnetic-energy gain of the spin-up pairing state with increasing magnetic field. This multiple-phase diagram is extended to these under pressure (P), resulting in a simple picture based on non-unitary spin-triplet pairing symmetry 3B 3u, which enables us to consistently capture the evolution of the superconducting phases throughout the entire H - T - P phase space.

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