2010年10月
Quantum Valence Criticality as an Origin of Unconventional Critical Phenomena
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
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- 巻
- 105
- 号
- 18
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.186403
- 出版者・発行元
- AMER PHYSICAL SOC
It is shown that unconventional critical phenomena commonly observed in paramagnetic metals YbRh(2)Si(2), YbRh(2)(Si(0.95)Ge(0.05))(2), and beta-YbAlB(4) are naturally explained by the quantum criticality of Yb-valence fluctuations. We construct the mode-coupling theory taking account of local correlation effects of f electrons and find that unconventional criticality is caused by the locality of the valence fluctuation mode. We show that measured low-temperature anomalies such as divergence of uniform spin susceptibility chi similar to T(-zeta) with zeta similar to 0.6 giving rise to a huge enhancement of the Wilson ratio and the emergence of T-linear resistivity are explained in a unified way.
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- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.186403
- ISSN : 0031-9007
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000283580400003