Magnetic short-range correlations and quantum critical scattering in the non-Fermi liquid regime of URu{sub 2-x}Re{sub x}Si{sub 2} (x = 0.2-0.6).
The spin dynamics of uranium ions in the non-Fermi liquid compounds URu{sub 2-x}Re{sub x}Si{sub 2}, for x=0.2 to 0.6, have been investigated using inelastic neutron scattering. The wave vector (q) dependence of the magnetic scattering provides evidence of short-range antiferromagnetic correlations at low temperatures for x=0.2,0.25, but the scattering is nearly q independent at x=0.35,0.6. The magnetic response, {bar S}({omega}), obtained from the q-independent part of neutron scattering, varies as {omega}{sup -{alpha}} with a composition-dependent exponent {alpha} = 0.2-0.5. The dynamic magnetic susceptibility {chi}{double_prime}(q,{omega}) of the q-independent part exhibits {omega}/T scaling for the energy transfer {bar h}{omega} between 3.5 and 17 meV in the temperature (T) range of 5-300 K at all the compositions. This scaling, which indicates local quantum criticality, breaks down in the q range, 0.6-1.1 {angstrom}{sup -1} at x = 0.2 and 0.25, that is dominated by short-range antiferromagnetic correlations. The appearance of power laws in the magnetic response measured by inelastic neutron scattering over a wide Re doping region indicates a disorder driven non-Fermi liquid mechanism for the low-temperature physical properties in these compounds.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- SC; NSF
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 966028
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/MSD/JA-60088
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. B, Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B Journal Issue: 2008 Vol. 78; ISSN 1098-0121
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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