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arXiv 2007.01373cond-mat.str-el
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YbAl $_3$中声子、Q依赖的近藤自旋涨落和4 $\textit{f}$ /声子共振

Phonons, Q-dependent Kondo spin fluctuations, and 4$\textit{f}$/phonon resonance in YbAl$_3$

Andrew D. Christianson, Victor R. Fanelli, Lucas Lindsay, Sai Mu, Marein C. Rahn, Daniel G. Mazzone, Ayman H. Said, Filip Ronning, Eric D. Bauer, Jon M. Lawrence

摘要:

中间价化合物YbAl $_3$在中等重(m* = 20- 30 me)基态具有大的近藤温度(T $_K$ ~ 500- 600 K)时表现出非整数价(Yb 4 $f^{14-n_f}$(5d 6s)$^z$,其中z = 2+n $_f$ = 2.75).我们用飞行时间非弹性中子散射(INS)和非弹性X射线散射(IXS)测量了这种材料单晶上的磁涨落和声子谱。我们发现,在低温下,近藤尺度自旋涨落具有与最近在IV化合物CePd $_3$中观察到的类似的动量(Q)依赖性,这可以归因于相干巡游4 $f$关联基态中的粒子-空穴激发.随着温度升高至室温,Q依赖性消失,并且4个$f$电子带态变得越来越不相干。所测得的声子可以通过基于标准DFT+ $U$密度泛函理论的计算来充分描述,而无需动态地考虑4个$f$关联。在~ 30 meV的中子散射中观察到一个低温磁峰,其色散与光学声子分支相同。当T > 150 K时,这种4 $f$ /声子共振消失。声子似乎不受共振的影响。我们讨论了这种不寻常的激发的起源的几种可能性,包括它产生于轻Al原子对重Yb原子的大幅度跳动,导致动态4 $f$ /3 $p$杂交的想法。

英文摘要:

The intermediate valence (IV) compound YbAl$_3$ exhibits nonintegral valence (Yb 4$f^{14-n_f}$ (5d6s)$^z$ where z = 2+n$_f$ = 2.75) in a moderately heavy (m* = 20-30me) ground state with a large Kondo temperature (T$_K$ ~ 500-600K). We have measured the magnetic fluctuations and the phonon spectra on single crystals of this material by time-of-flight inelastic neutron scattering (INS) and inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS). We find that at low temperature, the Kondo-scale spin fluctuations have a momentum (Q) dependence similar to that seen recently in the IV compound CePd$_3$ and which can be attributed to particle-hole excitations in a coherent itinerant 4$f$ correlated ground state. The Q-dependence disappears as the temperature is raised towards room temperature and the 4$f$ electron band states become increasingly incoherent. The measured phonons can be described adequately by a calculation based on standard DFT+$U$ density functional theory, without recourse to considering 4$f$ correlations dynamically. A low temperature magnetic peak observed in the neutron scattering at ~ 30meV shows dispersion identical to an optic phonon branch. This 4$f$/phonon resonance disappears for T > 150K. The phonons appear to remain unaffected by the resonance. We discuss several possibilities for the origin of this unusual excitation, including the idea that it arises from the large amplitude beating of the light Al atoms against the heavy Yb atoms, resulting in a dynamic 4$f$/3$p$ hybridization.

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