We report that nonmagnetic heavy-fermion (HF) iron oxypnictide CeFePO with two-dimensional XY-type anisotropy shows a metamagnetic behavior at the metamagnetic field H_M \simeq 4 T perpendicular to the c-axis and that a critical behavior is observed around H_M. Although the magnetic character is entirely different from that in other Ce-based HF metamagnets, H_M in these metamagnets is linearly proportional to the inverse of the effective mass, or to the temperature where the susceptibility shows a peak. This finding suggests that H_M is a magnetic field breaking the local Kondo singlet, and the critical behavior around H_M is driven by the Kondo breakdown accompanied by the Fermi-surface instability.
We have investigated single crystals of two substitution series Ce(Ru$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$)PO and CeFe(As$_{1-y}$P$_{y}$)O in the vicinity to the quantum critical material CeFePO by means of magnetic-susceptibility and specific-heat measurements. We observe an antiferromagnetic ground state in the vicinity of the quantum critical point, with pronounced metamagnetic transitions for $H\parallel c$, which is the magnetically hard direction. Our results verify that a ferromagnetic quantum critical point is avoided in substituted CeFePO, because we clearly demonstrate that the ferromagnetic ground state…
Low-temperature ($T$) thermodynamic properties in magnetic fields ($B$) of the quasi-Kagome antiferromagnet CePdAl ($T_{\rm N}\sim$ 2.7 K) were studied by means of magnetization and specific-heat $C(T,B)$ measurements. The unusual magnetic phase diagram, including three thermodynamic phases I-III, and crossover anomalies, has been obtained. In low-field phase I, the existence of the partial Kondo screening state on the one-third Ce sites is supported from the thermodynamic point of view: (i) an appearance of the paramagnetic moment with one-third of the full moment around 3 T, and (ii) an occu…
We report complex metamagnetic transitions in single crystals of the new low carrier Kondo antiferromagnet YbRh3Si7. Electrical transport, magnetization, and specific heat measurements reveal antiferromagnetic order at T_N = 7.5 K. Neutron diffraction measurements show that the magnetic ground state of YbRh3Si7 is a collinear antiferromagnet where the moments are aligned in the ab plane. With such an ordered state, no metamagnetic transitions are expected when a magnetic field is applied along the c axis. It is therefore surprising that high field magnetization, torque, and resistivity measure…
Heavy fermions represent an archetypal example of strongly correlated electron systems which, due to entanglement among different interactions, often exhibit exotic and fascinating physics involving Kondo screening, magnetism and unconventional superconductivity. Here we report a comprehensive study on the transport and thermodynamic properties of a cerium-based heavy fermion compound CeBi$_2$ which undergoes an anti-ferromagnetic transition at $T_N$ $\sim$ 3.3 K. Its high temperature paramagnetic state is characterized by an enhanced heat capacity with Sommerfeld coefficient $γ$ over 200 mJ/m…
The long-standing issue of the competition between the magnetic field and the Kondo effect, favoring, respectively, triplet and singlet ground states is addressed using a cluster slave-rotor mean field theory for the Hubbard model and its spin-correlated, spin-frustrated extensions in 2 dimension. The metamagnetic jump is established and compared with earlier results of dynamical mean-field theory. The present approach also reproduces the emergent super-exchange energy scale in the insulating side. A scaling is found for the critical Zeeman field in terms of the intrinsic coherence scale just …
We study the effects of transverse magnetic fields on the $S=1$ one-dimensional Kondo lattice model with a uniaxial anisotropy using the density matrix renormalization group. The model can be regarded as a simplified one for analyzing the Ising ferromagnetic superconductor URhGe. We find various phases such as ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases, Kondo plateau (KP) phases, Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids, and fully polarized phases. In the KP phase, a pseudoplateau emerges in the magnetization due to strongly bound pairs between the local and the conduction electron spins. This is why we cal…
We have employed a magnetic field angle as a tuning parameter in a comprehensive measurement of the specific heat, magnetocaloric effect, and magnetization for the quasi-kagome Kondo lattice CeRhSn, which is considered to exhibit zero-field quantum criticality driven by geometrical frustration. By constructing the field-angle-resolved landscape of the entropy, we unexpectedly revealed that the non-Fermi-liquid nature survives up to a metamagnetic crossover field of roughly 3 T in the very narrow field-orientation range, close to the direction parallel to the quasi-kagome plane. We propose that…
Competition between Geometrical Frustration and the Kondo Effect in CePdAl Revealed by High-Resolution Magnetization
Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo（东京大学固体物理研究所）；Nagoya Institute of Technology（名古屋工业大学）；Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University（东北大学物质材料研究所）；School of Science and Engineering, Chuo University（中央理工学院）；Department of Basic Science, The University of Tokyo（东京大学基础科学系）；Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Univ. of Toyama（富山理工学研究院）
Fermi Surface Properties, Metamgnetic Transition and Quantum Phase Transition of CeRu$_2$Si$_2$ and Its Alloys Probed by the dHvA Effect--Fermi Surface Studies on the Itinerant and Localized Dichotomy of $f$ Electron Nature
本文用deHaas-van Alphen（dHvA）效应研究了CeRu $_2$ Si $_2$及其合金体系CeRu $_2$（Si $_x$ Ge $_{1-x}$）$_2$和CePDMATHABMN La $_{1-x}$ Ru $_2$ Si $_2$的费米面性质.我们特别关注费米面性质和f电子态是如何随磁性而变化的，特别是它们是如何与变磁跃迁和量子相变联系起来的。在总结了CeRu $_2$ Si $_2$的重要物理性质之后，我们给出了CeRu $_2$（Si $_x$ Ge $_{1-x}$）$_2$和Ce $_x$ La $_{1-x}$ Ru $_2$ Si $_2$作为温度、磁场和浓度$x$的函数的磁相图。从磁相图的特征出发，我们认为除了反铁磁相互作用和近藤效应外，铁磁相互作用也是决定磁性的主要因素，并且这些系统中的变磁相变与铁磁相互作用有关.我们总结了费米表面性能的CeRu $_2$ Si $_2$在磁场下的变磁转变的f电子状态现在是很好地理解的理论和实验。本文给出了CeRu $_2$（Si $_x$ Ge $_{1-x}$）$_2$和CePDMATHABMN La $_{1-x}$ Ru $_2$ Si $_2$以及CeRu $_2$ Si $_2$在变磁跃迁以上磁场的实验结果，表明变磁跃迁以上的费米表面性质与变磁跃迁以下的费米表面性质在许多重要方面有显著的不同.…
Heavy fermion (HF) materials exhibit a rich array of phenomena due to the strong Kondo coupling between their localized moments and itinerant electrons. A central question in their study is to understand the interplay between magnetic order and charge transport, and its role in stabilizing new quantum phases of matter. Particularly promising in this regard is a family of tetragonal intermetallic compounds Ce{$TX$}$_2$ ($T=$ transition metal, $X=$ pnictogen), that includes a variety of HF compounds showing $T$-linear electronic specific heat $\bf{C_e \sim γT}$, with $γ\sim$ 20-500 mJ$\cdot$mol$…
Anderson lattice with explicit Kondo coupling: general features and the field-induced suppression of heavy-fermion state in ferromagnetic phase
我们应用扩展的Gutzwiller型方法在外加磁场和强关联极限下求解周期性Anderson模型。通过将PAM转化为Kondo型相互作用和剩余杂化同时出现的形式，系统地包含了有限U修正。该有效哈密顿量代表了\textit{Anderson-Kondo lattice model}的本质。我们表明，在铁磁相的低能量单粒子状态的强烈影响的存在下所施加的磁场。我们还发现，大值的杂交强度的系统进入所谓的\textit{locked heavy fermion state}。在这种状态下，化学势位于多数自旋杂化间隙中，因此，系统演化对外加场的进一步增加不敏感。然而，对于足够强的磁场，系统从锁定状态转变到完全自旋极化相。这是伴随着一个变磁性转变，以及急剧减少的有效质量的准粒子。特别是，我们观察到的有效质量增强在多数自旋子带的减少多达20%，在完全极化状态。这些发现与Ce $_x$ La $_{1-x}$ B $_6$化合物的实验结果一致。自旋少数电子的质量增强也可能随着场的增加而减小，这与在强关联的相同极限下单个窄带中的准粒子态不同。
To solve the puzzle of metamagnetic phenomena in heavy fermion systems, we have compared paramagnetic isostructural Ce and Yb systems, CeNi$_2$Ge$_2$ and YbNi$_2$Ge$_2$, both of which are located near a magnetic instability. The most intriguing result is discovery of a metamagnetic-like transition in both systems from magnetization measurements in a pulsed magnetic fields. This is the first observation of the metamagnetism for isomorphic Ce and Yb paramagnetic systems. Similar to other metamagnets, the metamagnetic transition fields for both compounds are well scaled by the temperature $T_χ^{\…
A very strong magnetoelastic effect in the CeCo$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$Si alloys is reported. The strength of the magnetostrictive effect can be tuned upon changing $x$. The moderate low-temperature linear magnetostriction observed at low Fe concentrations becomes very large ($\frac {ΔL}{L} \left(16 T,2 K\right) =$ 3$\times$10$^{-3}$) around the critical concentration ($x_c \approx$ 0.23) at which the long-range antiferromagnetic order vanishes. Upon increasing doping through the non-magnetic region ($x > x_c$), the magnetostriction strength gradually weakens again. Remarkably the low-temperature magn…
Magnetic phases of Kondo lattice materials Ce$_5$RhGe$_2$ and Ce$_5$IrGe$_2$
New Cornerstone Lab, Center for Correlated Matter and School of Physics, Zhejiang University（浙江大学关联物质中心物理学院新基石实验室）；Institute for Advanced Materials, Hubei Normal University（湖北师范大学先进材料研究所）；Institute of Fundamental and Transdisciplinary Research, Zhejiang University（浙江大学基础与交叉研究院）；Institute for Advanced Study in Physics, Zhejiang University（浙江大学物理学高等研究院）；State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Zhejiang University（浙江大学硅与先进半导体材料国家重点实验室）；Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing（南京先进微结构协同创新中心）
We studied the physical properties of two Kondo-lattice compounds, CeRu$_2$As$_2$ and CeIr$_2$As$_2$, by a combination of electric transport, magnetic and thermodynamic measurements. They are of ThCr$_2$Si$_2$-type and CaBe$_2$Ge$_2$-type crystalline structures, respectively. CeRu$_2$As$_2$ shows localized long-range antiferromagnetic ordering below $T_N$=4.3 K, with a moderate electronic Sommerfeld coefficient $γ_0$=35 mJ/mol$\cdot$K$^2$. A field-induced metamagnetic transition is observed near 2 T below $T_N$. Magnetic susceptibility measurements on aligned CeRu$_2$As$_2$ powders suggest tha…
Field-rigid Ising antiferromagnetism with giant spin-flip fields in Van der Waals UOTe
Washington University in St. Louis（圣路易斯华盛顿大学）；National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory（洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室国家高磁场实验室）；Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory（橡树岭国家实验室中子散射部）；Harvard University（哈佛大学）；National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University（佛罗里达州立大学国家高磁场实验室）
We study the magnetic field driven metal-to-insulator transition in half-filled Hubbard model on the Bethe lattice, using the dynamical mean-field theory by solving the quantum impurity problem with density-matrix renormalization group algorithm. The method enables us to obtain a high-resolution spectral densities in the presence of a magnetic field. It is found that the Kondo resonance at the Fermi level splits at relatively high magnetic field: the spin-up and spin-down components move away from the Fermi level and finally form a spin polarized band insulator. By calculating the magnetizatio…
ZrSiS-type materials represent a large material family with unusual coexistence of topological nonsymmorphic Dirac fermions and nodal-line fermions. As a special group of ZrSiS-family, LnSbTe (Ln = Lanthanide rare earth) compounds provide a unique opportunity to explore new quantum phases due to the intrinsic magnetism induced by Ln. Here we report the single crystal growth and characterization of NdSbTe, a previously unexplored LnSbTe compound. NdSbTe has an antiferromagnetic ground state with field-driven metamagnetic transitions similar to other known LnSbTe, but exhibits distinct enhanced …
We investigated the anisotropic magnetic properties of CePd$_2$As$_2$ by magnetic, thermal and electrical transport studies. X-ray diffraction confirmed the tetragonal ThCr$_2$Si$_2$-type structure and the high-quality of the single crystals. Magnetisation and magnetic susceptibility data taken along the different crystallographic directions evidence a huge crystalline electric field (CEF) induced Ising-type magneto-crystalline anisotropy with a large $c$-axis moment and a small in-plane moment at low temperature. A detailed CEF analysis based on the magnetic susceptibility data indicates an a…
