Evolution of quantum criticality in CeNi9-xCuxGe4

Peyker L, Gold C, Scheidt EW, Scherer W, Donath JG, Gegenwart P, Mayr F, Unruh T, Eyert V, Bauer E, Michor H (2009)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2009

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Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Book Volume: 21

Journal Issue: 23

DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/23/235604

Abstract

Crystal structure, specific heat, thermal expansion, magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistivity studies of the heavy fermion system CeNi9-xCuxGe4 (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 CeNi9Ge4 (with pronounced non-Fermi-liquid features) towards a magnetically ordered, effectively twofold-degenerate ground state in CeNi8CuGe4 with T-N = 175 +/- 5 mK. Quantum critical behavior, C/T proportional to chi proportional to - ln T, is observed for x congruent to 0.4. Hitherto, CeNi9-xCuxGe4 represents the first system where a substitution-driven quantum phase transition is connected not only with changes of the relative strength of the Kondo effect and RKKY interaction, but also with a reduction of the effective crystal field ground state degeneracy.

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Peyker, L., Gold, C., Scheidt, E.-W., Scherer, W., Donath, J.G., Gegenwart, P.,... Michor, H. (2009). Evolution of quantum criticality in CeNi9-xCuxGe4. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 21(23). https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/21/23/235604

MLA:

Peyker, Ludwig, et al. "Evolution of quantum criticality in CeNi9-xCuxGe4." Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 21.23 (2009).

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