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反铁磁近藤半金属CeNi $_{2-δ}$ As $_2$的压力调谐量子临界性

Pressure-tuned quantum criticality in the antiferromagnetic Kondo semi-metal CeNi$_{2-δ}$As$_2$

Yongkang Luo, F. Ronning, N. Wakeham, Xin Lu, Tuson Park, Zhu-an Xu, J. D. Thompson

摘要:

近藤晶格金属中竞争相互作用之间的容易调节的平衡允许获得零温度,磁有序和无序相之间的连续过渡,量子临界点(QCP)。事实上,这些高度相关的电子材料是发现和探索量子临界态的原型。提出的理论模型来解释出现在近藤晶格QCP周围的奇怪的热力学和电输运性质,假设存在无限大数量的巡回载流子。在这里,我们报告了一个系统的运输和热力学调查的近藤晶格系统CeNi $_{2-δ}$作为$_2$($δ$ $\thickapprox$ 0.28),因为它的反铁磁顺序是由压力和磁场调谐到零温度边界。这些实验表明,$\sim$ 0.032 $e^-$ /f. u.在CeNi $_{2-δ}$中,As $_2$导致量子临界性的意外传输特征以及随着温度降低完全相干的Kondo晶格态的延迟发展。这种近藤晶格材料的小载流子密度和相关的半金属性有利于非常规的局部矩类型的量子临界性,并提出了Nozières耗尽思想的幽灵,即传导电子自旋的数量不足以单独屏蔽局部矩需要集体近藤屏蔽。

英文摘要:

The easily tuned balance among competing interactions in Kondo-lattice metals allows access to a zero-temperature, continuous transition between magnetically ordered and disordered phases, a quantum-critical point (QCP). Indeed, these highly correlated electron materials are prototypes for discovering and exploring quantum-critical states. Theoretical models proposed to account for the strange thermodynamic and electrical transport properties that emerge around the QCP of a Kondo lattice assume the presence of an indefinitely large number of itinerant charge carriers. Here, we report a systematic transport and thermodynamic investigation of the Kondo-lattice system CeNi$_{2-δ}$As$_2$ ($δ$$\thickapprox$0.28) as its antiferromagnetic order is tuned by pressure and magnetic field to zero-temperature boundaries. These experiments show that the very small but finite carrier density of $\sim$0.032 $e^-$/f.u. in CeNi$_{2-δ}$As$_2$ leads to unexpected transport signatures of quantum criticality and the delayed development of a fully coherent Kondo lattice state with decreasing temperature. The small carrier density and associated semi-metallicity of this Kondo-lattice material favor an unconventional, local-moment type of quantum criticality and raise the specter of Nozières exhaustion idea that an insufficient number of conduction-electron spins to separately screen local moments requires collective Kondo screening.

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