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局域矩与Yb3Pt4反铁磁序的稳定性

Localized moments and the stability of antiferromagnetic order in Yb3Pt4

L. S. Wu, Y. Janssen, M. C. Bennett, M. C. Aronson

摘要:

本文介绍了在宽的磁场和温度范围内对Yb_3 Pt_4单晶进行的电阻率ρ、磁化强度M、交流磁化率\c{hi} ac '和比热CM测量的结果。零场下的2.4 K Néel温度在BCEP=1.85 T时会在磁场下坍缩为一级跃迁TN=0。在没有反铁磁序的情况下,比热CM(T,B)、磁化强度M(T,B),甚至电阻率ρ(T,B)都显示出B/T标度,表明它们受强顺磁涨落的支配,其中唯一的特征能量标度来自能量隔离的Yb双线基态的塞曼分裂。这种顺磁散射随着反铁磁序的出现而消失,揭示了费米液体行为Δρ= Δ T2,其持续到反铁磁相线TN(B),但不超过TN(B)。TN=0的一阶特征和普遍存在的顺磁涨落意味着Yb 3 Pt 4中不存在非费米液体行为。与重费米子(如YbRh 2Si 2)相比,Yb 3 Pt 4代表了一种非常简单的f电子行为,其中Yb矩和传导电子几乎是去耦的,近藤物理几乎没有发挥作用。

英文摘要:

We present here the results of electrical resistivity ρ, magnetization M, ac susceptibility \c{hi}ac', and specific heat CM measurements that have been carried out on single crystals of Yb3Pt4 over a wide range of fields and temperatures. The 2.4-K Néel temperature that is found in zero field collapses under field to a first-order transition TN=0 at BCEP=1.85 T. In the absence of antiferromagnetic order, the specific heat CM(T,B), the magnetization M(T,B), and even the resistivity ρ(T,B) all display B/T scaling, indicating that they are dominated by strong paramagnetic fluctuations, where the only characteristic energy scale results from the Zeeman splitting of an energetically isolated, Yb doublet ground state. This paramagnetic scattering disappears with the onset of antiferromagnetic order, revealing Fermi liquid behavior Δρ=AT2 that persists up to the antiferromagnetic phase line TN(B), but not beyond. The first-order character of TN=0 and the ubiquity of the paramagnetic fluctuations imply that non-Fermi-liquid behaviors are absent in Yb3Pt4. In contrast to heavy fermions such as YbRh2Si2, Yb3Pt4 represents an extremely simple regime of f-electron behavior where the Yb moments and conduction electrons are almost decoupled, and where Kondo physics plays little role.

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