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Title: Pressure studies of the quantum critical alloy Ce 0.93 Yb 0.07 CoIn 5

Abstract

Here we present our experimental and theoretical study of the effects of pressure on the transport properties of the heavy-fermion alloy Ce1-xYbxCoIn5 with actual concentration x $$\approx$$ 0.07. We specifically choose this value of ytterbium concentration because the magnetic-field-induced quantum critical point, which separates the antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic states at zero temperature, approaches zero, as has been established in previous studies. Our measurements show that pressure further suppresses quantum fluctuations in this alloy, just as it does in the parent compound CeCoIn5. In contrast, the square-root temperature dependent part of resistivity remains insensitive to pressure, indicating that the heavy-quasiparticles are not involved in the inelastic scattering processes leading to such a temperature dependent resistivity. We demonstrate that the growth of the coherence temperature with pressure, as well as the decrease of the residual resistivity, can be accurately described by employing the coherent potential approximation for a disordered Kondo lattice.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [1];  [1]
  1. Kent State Univ., Kent, OH (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1418610
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1179295
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-04ER46105
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Singh, Y. P., Haney, D. J., Huang, X. Y., White, B. D., Maple, M. B., Dzero, M., and Almasan, C. C. Pressure studies of the quantum critical alloy Ce0.93Yb0.07CoIn5. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174506.
Singh, Y. P., Haney, D. J., Huang, X. Y., White, B. D., Maple, M. B., Dzero, M., & Almasan, C. C. Pressure studies of the quantum critical alloy Ce0.93Yb0.07CoIn5. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174506
Singh, Y. P., Haney, D. J., Huang, X. Y., White, B. D., Maple, M. B., Dzero, M., and Almasan, C. C. Mon . "Pressure studies of the quantum critical alloy Ce0.93Yb0.07CoIn5". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174506. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1418610.
@article{osti_1418610,
title = {Pressure studies of the quantum critical alloy Ce0.93Yb0.07CoIn5},
author = {Singh, Y. P. and Haney, D. J. and Huang, X. Y. and White, B. D. and Maple, M. B. and Dzero, M. and Almasan, C. C.},
abstractNote = {Here we present our experimental and theoretical study of the effects of pressure on the transport properties of the heavy-fermion alloy Ce1-xYbxCoIn5 with actual concentration x $\approx$ 0.07. We specifically choose this value of ytterbium concentration because the magnetic-field-induced quantum critical point, which separates the antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic states at zero temperature, approaches zero, as has been established in previous studies. Our measurements show that pressure further suppresses quantum fluctuations in this alloy, just as it does in the parent compound CeCoIn5. In contrast, the square-root temperature dependent part of resistivity remains insensitive to pressure, indicating that the heavy-quasiparticles are not involved in the inelastic scattering processes leading to such a temperature dependent resistivity. We demonstrate that the growth of the coherence temperature with pressure, as well as the decrease of the residual resistivity, can be accurately described by employing the coherent potential approximation for a disordered Kondo lattice.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174506},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
number = 17,
volume = 91,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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