CeNi_{9-x} Cu_xGe_4的量子临界演化
Evolution of Quantum Criticality in CeNi_{9-x}Cu_xGe_4
摘要:
重费米子系统CeNi_{9-x} Cu_xGe_4的晶体结构、比热、热膨胀、磁化率和电阻率研究(0 <= x <= 1)表明CeNi_9Ge_4的基态由四重简并的非磁性Kondo基态通过Ni/Cu替代而连续调谐CeNi_8CuGe_4(T_N = 175 ± 5 mK)的磁有序、有效的双重简并基态。当x = 0.4时,观察到量子临界行为C/T ~ χ~ -ln(T).同时,CeNi_{9-x} Cu_xGe_4代表了第一个置换驱动的量子相变不仅与近藤效应和RKKY相互作用相对强度的变化有关,而且与有效晶场基态简并度的降低有关的体系.
英文摘要:
Crystal structure, specific heat, thermal expansion, magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistivity studies of the heavy fermion system CeNi_{9-x}Cu_xGe_4 (0 <= x <= 1) reveal a continuous tuning of the ground state by Ni/Cu substitution from an effectively fourfold degenerate non-magnetic Kondo ground state of CeNi_9Ge_4 (with pronounced non-Fermi-liquid features) towards a magnetically ordered, effectively twofold degenerate ground state in CeNi_8CuGe_4 with T_N = 175 +- 5 mK. Quantum critical behavior, C/T ~ χ~ -ln(T), is observed for x about 0.4. Hitherto, CeNi_{9-x}Cu_xGe_4 represents the first system where a substitution-driven quantum phase transition is connected not only with changes of the relative strength of Kondo effect and RKKY interaction, but also with a reduction of the effective crystal field ground state degeneracy.
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