Anomalous Metamagnetism in the Low Carrier Density Kondo Lattice
Abstract
We report complex metamagnetic transitions in single crystals of the new low carrier Kondo antiferromagnet YbRh3Si7. Electrical transport, magnetization, and specific heat measurements reveal antiferromagnetic order at TN = 7.5 K. Neutron diffraction measurements showthat the magnetic ground state of YbRh3Si7 is a collinear antiferromagnet, where themoments are aligned in the ab plane.With such an ordered state, no metamagnetic transitions are expected when a magnetic field is applied along the c axis. It is therefore surprising that high-field magnetization, torque, and resistivity measurements with H // c reveal two metamagnetic transitions at μ0H1= 6.7 T and μ0H2 = 21 T. When the field is tilted away from the c axis, towards the ab plane, both metamagnetic transitions are shifted to higher fields. The first metamagnetic transition leads to an abrupt increase in the electrical resistivity, while the second transition is accompanied by a dramatic reduction in the electrical resistivity. Thus, the magnetic and electronic degrees of freedom in YbRh3Si7 are strongly coupled. We discuss the origin of the anomalous metamagnetism and conclude that it is related to competition between crystal electric-field anisotropy and anisotropic exchange interactions.
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
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- 1485739
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- OSTI ID: 1492544; OSTI ID: 1494013; OSTI ID: 1594443
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Journal ID: ISSN 2160-3308; PRXHAE; 041047
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- Physical Review. X
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- Journal Name: Physical Review. X Journal Volume: 8 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2160-3308
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- American Physical Society
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- United States
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- English
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- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; High Magnetic Field Science
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Rai, Binod K., Chikara, S., Ding, Xiaxin, Oswald, Iain W. H., Schönemann, R., Loganathan, V., Hallas, A. M., Cao, H. B., Stavinoha, Macy, Chen, T., Man, Haoran, Carr, Scott, Singleton, John, Zapf, Vivien, Benavides, Katherine A., Chan, Julia Y., Zhang, Q. R., Rhodes, D., Chiu, Y. C., Balicas, Luis, Aczel, A. A., Huang, Q., Lynn, Jeffrey W., Gaudet, J., Sokolov, D. A., Walker, H. C., Adroja, D. T., Dai, Pengcheng, Nevidomskyy, Andriy H., Huang, C. -L., and Morosan, E. Anomalous Metamagnetism in the Low Carrier Density Kondo Lattice YbRh 3 Si 7. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.8.041047.
Rai, Binod K., Chikara, S., Ding, Xiaxin, Oswald, Iain W. H., Schönemann, R., Loganathan, V., Hallas, A. M., Cao, H. B., Stavinoha, Macy, Chen, T., Man, Haoran, Carr, Scott, Singleton, John, Zapf, Vivien, Benavides, Katherine A., Chan, Julia Y., Zhang, Q. R., Rhodes, D., Chiu, Y. C., Balicas, Luis, Aczel, A. A., Huang, Q., Lynn, Jeffrey W., Gaudet, J., Sokolov, D. A., Walker, H. C., Adroja, D. T., Dai, Pengcheng, Nevidomskyy, Andriy H., Huang, C. -L., & Morosan, E. Anomalous Metamagnetism in the Low Carrier Density Kondo Lattice YbRh 3 Si 7. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.041047
Rai, Binod K., Chikara, S., Ding, Xiaxin, Oswald, Iain W. H., Schönemann, R., Loganathan, V., Hallas, A. M., Cao, H. B., Stavinoha, Macy, Chen, T., Man, Haoran, Carr, Scott, Singleton, John, Zapf, Vivien, Benavides, Katherine A., Chan, Julia Y., Zhang, Q. R., Rhodes, D., Chiu, Y. C., Balicas, Luis, Aczel, A. A., Huang, Q., Lynn, Jeffrey W., Gaudet, J., Sokolov, D. A., Walker, H. C., Adroja, D. T., Dai, Pengcheng, Nevidomskyy, Andriy H., Huang, C. -L., and Morosan, E. Thu .
"Anomalous Metamagnetism in the Low Carrier Density Kondo Lattice YbRh 3 Si 7". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.041047.
@article{osti_1485739,
title = {Anomalous Metamagnetism in the Low Carrier Density Kondo Lattice YbRh 3 Si 7},
author = {Rai, Binod K. and Chikara, S. and Ding, Xiaxin and Oswald, Iain W. H. and Schönemann, R. and Loganathan, V. and Hallas, A. M. and Cao, H. B. and Stavinoha, Macy and Chen, T. and Man, Haoran and Carr, Scott and Singleton, John and Zapf, Vivien and Benavides, Katherine A. and Chan, Julia Y. and Zhang, Q. R. and Rhodes, D. and Chiu, Y. C. and Balicas, Luis and Aczel, A. A. and Huang, Q. and Lynn, Jeffrey W. and Gaudet, J. and Sokolov, D. A. and Walker, H. C. and Adroja, D. T. and Dai, Pengcheng and Nevidomskyy, Andriy H. and Huang, C. -L. and Morosan, E.},
abstractNote = {We report complex metamagnetic transitions in single crystals of the new low carrier Kondo antiferromagnet YbRh3Si7. Electrical transport, magnetization, and specific heat measurements reveal antiferromagnetic order at TN = 7.5 K. Neutron diffraction measurements showthat the magnetic ground state of YbRh3Si7 is a collinear antiferromagnet, where themoments are aligned in the ab plane.With such an ordered state, no metamagnetic transitions are expected when a magnetic field is applied along the c axis. It is therefore surprising that high-field magnetization, torque, and resistivity measurements with H // c reveal two metamagnetic transitions at μ0H1= 6.7 T and μ0H2 = 21 T. When the field is tilted away from the c axis, towards the ab plane, both metamagnetic transitions are shifted to higher fields. The first metamagnetic transition leads to an abrupt increase in the electrical resistivity, while the second transition is accompanied by a dramatic reduction in the electrical resistivity. Thus, the magnetic and electronic degrees of freedom in YbRh3Si7 are strongly coupled. We discuss the origin of the anomalous metamagnetism and conclude that it is related to competition between crystal electric-field anisotropy and anisotropic exchange interactions.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevX.8.041047},
journal = {Physical Review. X},
number = 4,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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FIG. 1. : (a) Zero-field temperature-dependent electrical resistivity $ρ$ of YbRh3Si7 at different annealing times. The solid line is the data for LuRh3Si7. (b) Low-temperature $ρ$ at $μ$0$H$ = 0 and 9 T applied parallel to the $c$ axis. (c) Hall coefficient $R$H measured at $ρ$ at $μ$0$H$ = 9more »
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