Calorimetric measurement of nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate in metals

Khansili, Akash; Bangura, Alimamy; McDonald, Ross D.; Ramshaw, Brad J.; Rydh, Andreas; Shekhter, Arkady

doi:10.1103/physrevb.107.195145

Calorimetric measurement of nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate in metals

Journal Article · Tue May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Physical Review. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.107.195145· OSTI ID:1975652

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Stockholm Univ. (Sweden)
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States). Lab. of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP)

The quasiparticle density of states in correlated and quantum-critical metals directly probes the effect of electronic correlations on the Fermi surface. Measurements of the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate provide one such experimental probe of quasiparticle mass through the electronic density of states. By far the most common way of accessing the spin-lattice relaxation rate is via nuclear magnetic resonance and nuclear quadrupole resonance experiments, which require resonant excitation of nuclear spin transitions. Here we report nonresonant access to spin-lattice relaxation dynamics in AC-calorimetric measurements. The nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate is inferred in our measurements from its effect on the frequency dispersion of the thermal response of the calorimeter-sample assembly. Further, we use fast, lithographically defined nanocalorimeters to access the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation times in metallic indium from 0.3 to 7 K and in magnetic fields up to 35 T.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Swedish Research Council

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1975652

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-23-21629

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Journal Name: Physical Review. B Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 107; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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