Sudden adiabaticity signals reentrant bulk superconductivity in UTe 2 .

There has been a recent surge of interest in UTe 2 due to its unconventional magnetic field ( H )-reinforced spin-triplet superconducting phases persisting at fields far above the simple Pauli limit for H ∥ [ 010 ] . Magnetic fields in excess of 35 T then induce a field-polarized magnetic state via a first-order-like phase transition. More controversially, for field orientations close to H ∥ [ 011 ] and above 40 T, electrical resistivity measurements suggest that a further superconducting state may exist. However, no Meissner effect or thermodynamic evidence exists to date for this phase making it difficult to exclude alternative scenarios. In this paper, we describe a study using thermal, electrical, and magnetic probes in magnetic fields of up to 55 T applied between the [010] ( b ) and [001] ( c ) directions. Our MHz conductivity data reveal the field-induced state of low or vanishing electrical resistance; our simultaneous magnetocaloric effect measurements (i.e. changes in sample temperature due to changing magnetic field) show the first definitive evidence for adiabaticity and thermal behavior characteristic of bulk field-induced superconductivity.