2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study of high-magnetic-field-induced density-wave-phases in graphite
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24540384
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Condensed matter physics II
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Science |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TOKUNAGA Masashi 東京大学, 物性研究所, 准教授 (50300885)
TAKAMASU Tadashi 物質・材料研究機構, 量子ドットセンター, グループリーダー (60212015)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | グラファイト / 密度波 / 強磁場 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Graphite is a semimetal that consists of carbon atoms, and is known to undergo magnetic-field-induced phase transitions at low temperatures and high magnetic fields along the c-axis. These transitions are observed as abrupt resistance changes, and are interpreted as the occurrence of a spin- or charge- density wave along the c-axis. Besides, it has been well believed that the density wave state is terminated at 53 T, above which graphite is in its normal phase.
We have investigated the longitudinal magnetoresistance of graphite in magnetic fields of up to 75 T and found strong indications of the field-induced phase even above 53 T. We have also investigated the current-voltage characteristics in magnetic fields of up to 56 T, with the intention of obtaining more concrete evidence for density wave states, and observed non-linear transport well above 53 T. Consequently, we suggest that another field-induced state is stabilized above 53 T, which may be regarded as an excitonic phase.
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| Free Research Field |
低温電子物性
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