Magnetic field-tuned Fermi liquid in a Kondo insulator
Abstract
Kondo insulators are expected to transform into metals under a sufficiently strong magnetic field. The closure of the insulating gap stems from the coupling of a magnetic field to the electron spin, yet the required strength of the magnetic field–typically of order 100 T–means that very little is known about this insulator-metal transition. Here we show that Ce3Bi4Pd3, owing to its fortuitously small gap, provides an ideal Kondo insulator for this investigation. A metallic Fermi liquid state is established above a critical magnetic field of only Bc ≈ 11 T. A peak in the strength of electronic correlations near Bc, which is evident in transport and susceptibility measurements, suggests that Ce3Bi4Pd3 may exhibit quantum criticality analogous to that reported in Kondo insulators under pressure. Metamagnetism and the breakdown of the Kondo coupling are also discussed.
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; State of Florida
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1619599
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1603991; OSTI ID: 1779668
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-19-25216; LA-UR-19-25217
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723; 5487; PII: 13421
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- 89233218CNA000001
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- Published Article
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- Nature Communications
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- Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
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- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; High Magnetic Field Science; Kondo insulator; Fermi liquid; High magnetic field
Citation Formats
Kushwaha, Satya K., Chan, Mun K., Park, Joonbum, Thomas, S. M., Bauer, Eric D., Thompson, J. D., Ronning, F., Rosa, Priscila F. S., and Harrison, Neil. Magnetic field-tuned Fermi liquid in a Kondo insulator. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13421-w.
Kushwaha, Satya K., Chan, Mun K., Park, Joonbum, Thomas, S. M., Bauer, Eric D., Thompson, J. D., Ronning, F., Rosa, Priscila F. S., & Harrison, Neil. Magnetic field-tuned Fermi liquid in a Kondo insulator. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13421-w
Kushwaha, Satya K., Chan, Mun K., Park, Joonbum, Thomas, S. M., Bauer, Eric D., Thompson, J. D., Ronning, F., Rosa, Priscila F. S., and Harrison, Neil. Mon .
"Magnetic field-tuned Fermi liquid in a Kondo insulator". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13421-w.
@article{osti_1619599,
title = {Magnetic field-tuned Fermi liquid in a Kondo insulator},
author = {Kushwaha, Satya K. and Chan, Mun K. and Park, Joonbum and Thomas, S. M. and Bauer, Eric D. and Thompson, J. D. and Ronning, F. and Rosa, Priscila F. S. and Harrison, Neil},
abstractNote = {Kondo insulators are expected to transform into metals under a sufficiently strong magnetic field. The closure of the insulating gap stems from the coupling of a magnetic field to the electron spin, yet the required strength of the magnetic field–typically of order 100 T–means that very little is known about this insulator-metal transition. Here we show that Ce3Bi4Pd3, owing to its fortuitously small gap, provides an ideal Kondo insulator for this investigation. A metallic Fermi liquid state is established above a critical magnetic field of only Bc ≈ 11 T. A peak in the strength of electronic correlations near Bc, which is evident in transport and susceptibility measurements, suggests that Ce3Bi4Pd3 may exhibit quantum criticality analogous to that reported in Kondo insulators under pressure. Metamagnetism and the breakdown of the Kondo coupling are also discussed.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-019-13421-w},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {2019},
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13421-w
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