Ground state of Ce3Bi4Pd3 unraveled by hydrostatic pressure

Ajeesh, Mukkattu Omanakuttan; Thomas, Sean Michael; Kushwaha, Satya Kumar; Bauer, Eric Dietzgen; Ronning, Filip; Thompson, Joe David; Harrison, Neil; Rosa, Priscila F. S.

doi:10.1103/physrevb.106.l161105

Title: Ground state of Ce 3 Bi 4 Pd 3 unraveled by hydrostatic pressure

Journal Article · Mon Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Physical Review. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.106.l161105· OSTI ID:1893672

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Noncentrosymmetric Ce₃Bi₄Pd₃ has attracted a lot of attention as a candidate for strongly correlated topological material, yet its experimental ground state remains a matter of contention. Two conflicting scenarios have emerged from a comparison to the prototypical Kondo insulator Ce₃Bi₄Pd₃: Either Ce₃Bi₄Pd₃ is a spin-orbit-driven topological semimetal or a Kondo insulator with smaller Kondo coupling than its Pt counterpart. Here, we determine the ground state of Ce₃Bi₄Pd₃ via electrical resistivity measurements under hydrostatic pressure, which is a clean symmetry-preserving tuning parameter that increases hybridization but virtually preserves spin-orbit coupling. Ce₃Bi₄Pd₃ becomes more insulating under pressures up to 2.3 GPa, which is a signature of Ce-based Kondo insulating materials in the considered pressure range. Its small zero-pressure gap increases quadratically with pressure, similar to the behavior observed in the series Ce₃Bi₄(Pt_{1 - x} Pd_x)₃, which indicates that Pt substitution and applied pressure have a similar effect. Finally, our result not only demonstrates that Kondo coupling, rather than spin-orbit coupling, is the main tuning parameter in this class of materials, but it also establishes that Ce₃Bi₄Pd₃ has a narrow-gap Kondo insulating ground state.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1893672

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1891540

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-21-30470; TRN: US2310213

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Vol. 106, Issue 16; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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