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most citedChiral superconductivity in UTe2 probed by anisotropic low-energy excitations

66 citations · 94 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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cond-mat.str-el2026

A continuous confinement-deconfinement transition in a triangular quantum magnet

Suguru Hosoi, Sejun Park, Michihiro Hirata +13

A continuous transition between phases hosting distinct excitations---bosonic magnons versus fermionic spinons---is a long-sought phenomenon in quantum magnetism, analogous to the…

cond-mat.str-el2026

High-field fate of the Kitaev quantum spin liquid in -RuCl

K. Imamura, R. Ohno, Y. C. Tsuzuki +15

Kitaev quantum spin liquids (KQSLs) host fractionalized excitations described by itinerant Majorana quasiparticles and gapped fluxes (visons), providing a platform for emerge…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Revealing nonvolatile behaviors in magneto-thermal switching using microstructure-controlled superconducting composites

Keigo Ito, Yui Sakamoto, Hossein Sepehri-Amin +12

Thermal conductivity in a conductor changes by the application of an external magnetic field, which functions as a magneto-thermal switch. For superconductors, a large magneto-ther…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Pseudo Point Nodal Superconducting Gap in Spin-Triplet UTe

S. Hosoi, K. Imamura, M. M. Bordelon +7

The unconventional superconductor UTe represents a rare example of spin-triplet pairing with potentially topologically protected quantum states. However, conflicting reports on…

cond-mat.supr-con2025★ 4 cited

Impact of charge-density-wave pattern on the superconducting gap in V-based kagome superconductors

T. Nagashima, K. Ishihara, Y. Yamakawa +12

Kagome metals VSb ( K, Rb, Cs) provide a compelling platform to explore the interplay between superconductivity (SC) and charge-density-wave (CDW) orders. While dist…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 3 cited

Bulk excitations in ultraclean -RuCl: Quantitative evidence for Majorana dispersions in a Kitaev quantum spin liquid

Kumpei Imamura, Ryuichi Namba, Riku Ishioka +6

The spin-orbit coupled Mott insulator -RuCl has emerged as a prime candidate for realizing the Kitaev quantum spin liquid (KQSL), characterized by Majorana quasiparticles, w…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Topology meets time-reversal symmetry breaking in FeSeTe superconductor

M. Roppongi, Y. Cai, K. Ogawa +21

Time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) in magnetic topological insulators induces a Dirac gap in the topological surface state (TSS), leading to exotic phenomena such as the quantu…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 8 cited

Field-Angle-Resolved Specific Heat in NaCoTeO: Evidence against Kitaev Quantum Spin Liquid

Shengjie Fang, Kumpei Imamura, Yuta Mizukami +4

Kitaev quantum spin liquids (KSLs) in layered honeycomb magnets are known to host Majorana quasiparticles, whose excitations depend strongly on the direction of the applied magneti…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 9 cited

Magnetothermal transport in ultraclean single crystals of Kitaev magnet -RuCl

Y. Xing, R. Namba, K. Imamura +7

The layered honeycomb magnet -RuCl has emerged as a promising candidate for realizing a Kitaev quantum spin liquid. Previous studies have reported oscillation-like anomalies…

cond-mat.supr-con2024★ 4 cited

Lifting of gap nodes by disorder in ultranodal superconductor candidate FeSe1-xSx

T. Nagashima, K. Ishihara, K. Imamura +8

The observation of time-reversal symmetry breaking and large residual density of states in tetragonal FeSeS suggests a novel type of ultranodal superconducting state wi…

cond-mat.supr-con2021★ 66 cited

Chiral superconductivity in UTe2 probed by anisotropic low-energy excitations

K. Ishihara, M. Roppongi, M. Kobayashi +5

Chiral spin-triplet superconductivity is a topologically nontrivial pairing state with broken time-reversal symmetry, which can host Majorana quasiparticles. The recently discovere…