Evidence for charge delocalization crossover in the quantum critical superconductor CeRhIn5

Wang, Honghong; Park, Tae Beom; Kim, Jihyun; Jang, Harim; Bauer, Eric D.; Thompson, Joe D.; Park, Tuson

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-42965-1

Title: Evidence for charge delocalization crossover in the quantum critical superconductor CeRhIn5

Journal Article · Mon Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42965-1· OSTI ID:2205549

Wang, Honghong; Park, Tae Beom; Kim, Jihyun; Jang, Harim;

; Thompson, Joe D.;

Abstract The nature of charge degrees-of-freedom distinguishes scenarios for interpreting the character of a second order magnetic transition at zero temperature, that is, a magnetic quantum critical point (QCP). Heavy-fermion systems are prototypes of this paradigm, and in those, the relevant question is where, relative to a magnetic QCP, does the Kondo effect delocalize their f -electron degrees-of-freedom. Herein, we use pressure-dependent Hall measurements to identify a finite-temperature scale E _loc that signals a crossover from f -localized to f -delocalized character. As a function of pressure, E _loc ( P ) extrapolates smoothly to zero temperature at the antiferromagnetic QCP of CeRhIn ₅ where its Fermi surface reconstructs, hallmarks of Kondo-breakdown criticality that generates critical magnetic and charge fluctuations. In 4.4% Sn-doped CeRhIn ₅ , however, E _loc ( P ) extrapolates into its magnetically ordered phase and is decoupled from the pressure-induced magnetic QCP, which implies a spin-density-wave (SDW) type of criticality that produces only critical fluctuations of the SDW order parameter. Our results demonstrate the importance of experimentally determining E _loc to characterize quantum criticality and the associated consequences for understanding the pairing mechanism of superconductivity that reaches a maximum T _c in both materials at their respective magnetic QCP.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; 2021R1I1A1A01047499; 2021R1A2C2010925; RS-2023-00220471

OSTI ID:: 2205549

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2281530

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-23-32900; 7341; PII: 42965

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Vol. 14 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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