Field-Induced Quantum Critical Point in CeCoIn5

Field-Induced Quantum Critical
Point in CeCoIn5
J.Paglione et al,Phys.Rev.Lett. 91.246405 (2003)
F. Ronning et al,Phys.Rev. B 71, 104528 (2005)
Kitaoka Laboratory
Takuya Fujii
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Contents
 Introduction
- QCP
- Heavy Fermion & Fermi Liquid
 Experimental Data
- Resistivity and specific heat of CeCoIn5
under fields
- Phase diagram
 Summary
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Physical properties around QCP
Metal
Semiconductor
Insulator
Parameter
Magnetic field(H)
Material
Pressure(P)
Superconductor
The ground states are changed !
Carrier doping
Magnetism
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QCP (Quantum Critical Point)
Heavy-fermion system
High-Tc cuprates
QCP by carrier doping
QCP by Pressure
Unconventional SC around QCP
QCP (Quantum Critical Point): Phase transition of ground state (T=0K)
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(ex) magnetic order-disorder, normal phase-SC
Temperature (K)
Physical properties around QCP
Non Fermi liquid
Magnetic fluctuations
happen.
magnetic order
QCP
0
Fermi Liquid
Parameters
Physical properties around QCP are not described by Fermi
Liquid theory.
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Heavy Fermion & Fermi Liquid
localize : 局在する
<Heavy electron systems>
itinerant : 遍歴した
f-electron: (RKKY interaction)  localize at the atom.
(Kondo effect)
 become itinerant by the hybridization
between conduction electrons and f-electrons.
RKKY interaction
conduction electron
Kondo effect
conduction electron
rare earth ion
f-electron
Magnetic order
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Fermi liquid state by heavy electrons
Crystal structure of CeCoIn5
H // ab
Normal
SC
H // c
Heavy fermions superconductor
•Tc=2.3 K at P=0.
•C/T=350 mJ/mol K2
•H//abc2 ~ 11.8 T, H//cc2 ~ 5 T
Tc=2.3K
S. Ikeda et al., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 71 (2002) 1023.
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Comparison with isostructural CeRhIn5
isostructural AFM compound:
CeRhIn5 (TN=3.8K)
CeCoIn5 is in the vicinity of
QCP at ambient pressure.
QCP of CeCoIn5
M. Yashima et al.
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FL and NFL behavior
Fermi-liquid (3D, 2D)
Non Fermi-liquid
r =r0+AT2
2D AFM
C/T=const
r =r0+AT, C/T~ -log T
A(slope): interaction between
electrons
3D AFM
r = r0+AT3/2, C/T=r0-aT1/2
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Resistivity in high fields ( H // c)
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ρ

T
Temperature range of
Hex
wider
Fermi liquid:
ρ = ρ0  AT 2
A decreases as increasing field.
By applying magnetic field,
a FL regime is recovered !
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Field dependence of T2 coefficient
A( H )  ( H  H *)
critical behavior
divergence close
to H*
(H*=5.1,α=-1.37)
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Specific heat in high fields ( H // c )
High-Hex
Fermi liquid:
C/T=const
C/T=const
Hex is close to H*
C/T~ -log T
Non Fermi liquid:
C/T~ -log T
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H-T phase diagram H // c
FL
H*
SC
H* coincides with the critical field of SC Hc2(0).
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QCP in H // ab
H // ab
Hc2ab~11.8 T
H // c
Hc2c~5 T
FLNFL was also observed around Hc2.
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H-T phase diagram
+
H // ab
× Tc
● TFL
H // c
+ Tc
○ TFL
+
SC
+
FL: H // c
FL: H // ab
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What is unique about CeCoIn5 ?
comparison with YbRh2Si2
H-T phase diagram of YbRh2Si2
Hex approaches to critical field value H* .
critical behavior !
In CeCoIn5 : H*  Hc2(0)
T (K)
SC
QCP
FL
FL
AF
NFL
SC
H*
FL
0
H*
H(T)
AF
QCP
FL
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P.Gegenwart el et al. (2002)
Summary

We observed a suppression of the non-Fermi
liquid behaviors with increasing field, and the
development of a Fermi liquid state.

It was a field-induced quantum critical point.

It coincides with the superconducting critical
field Hc2(0).
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The end
THE END
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SC
FL: H // c
H* Hc2(0)
FL: H // ab
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Motivation
Motivation
Quantum critical behavior in the H-T phase
diagram ?

Measurements
Specific heat and resistivity in high magnetic
field.
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- the QCP of CeCoIn5 under Pressure
QCP at negative P?
V.A.Sidorov et al. 2002
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-Heavy Fermion & Fermi Liquid
・
・
・
・・
・
εF
F
*
Interaction
・・
・
Fermi liquid
・
・
・
Fermi gas
Fermi gas : No dynamic interaction
between particles.
The interaction
between electrons
becomes very
strong.
itinerancy
Fermi liquid : The electrons can’t
move easily.
The effective mass
seems heavy.
Heavy fermion is described by
Fermi Liquid theory. 22
QCP by the competition between
RKKY interaction and Kondo effect
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- Resistivity of CeCoIn5 under fields
resistivity of metal at low temperature
ρ(T ) =ρ0 ρphonon (T ) ρe e (T )
ρphonon = T 5
( scattering by the phonon vibration)
 0 (T = low)
ρe e (T ) = AT 2 (T = low)
ρ(T ) =ρ0  AT
( scattering between conduction electrons)
2
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- Resistivity of CeCoIn5 under fields
ρ T2
ρ T
Tc
H ex  ab , H c 2 = 5T
H ex = 0; ρ  T (Tc  T  10K )
H ex 0; ρ  drastic change
ρ(T ) ρ0  AT
NFL
ρ = ρ0  AT n
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2
-Resistivity of CeCoIn5 under fields
MR:magnetoresistance
T  30K ; MR : small
T  30K ; MR : develop
H ex  H c 2 ; going up
H ex  H c 2 ; up  down
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- Resistivity of CeCoIn5 under fields
Crossover from positive to negative MR
T(K)=16
14.5
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11.5
initial increase  an increase of spin disorder
a suppression of AF correlations
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8.5
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5.5
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T>Tc
2
0.1
polarization of spins by increasing field strength
a field-aligned state
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

: London penetration depth
: Coherence length
 = BS = B (π 2 )
0
0
Hc =
, =
2
π
Hc
Hc2(//ab)=11.8T,(//c)=5T ab<  c
Hex
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Non Fermi liquid behavior
• The single-impurity multichannel Kondo model theory
• Disorder-induced theory
• Spin-fluctuation theory
Landau Fermi-liquid (3D, 2D)
Non Femi-liquid
r =r0+AT2, C/T=const. c=const.
2D AFM
r =r0+AT, C/T~ -log T
3D AFM
r = r0+AT3/2, C/T=r0-aT1/2
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- H-T phase diagram of CeCoIn5
FL
NFL:near QCP,due to spin
critical fluctuations,
n
0
ρ = ρ  AT
SC
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H*
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