Crystal, local atomic, and local electronic structures of YbFe2Zn20-xCdx (0 <= x <= 1.4) : a multiband system with possible coexistence of light and heavy fermions
| Autor: | Fahl, André Luiz, 1986, Grossi, Rogério Murilo, 1986, Silva, Danilo Rigitano Gomes, 1988, Adriano, Cris, 1980, Silva, Eduardo Granado Monteiro da, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Přispěvatelé: | UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: | |
| Zdroj: | Repositório da Produção Científica e Intelectual da Unicamp Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) instacron:UNICAMP Repositório Institucional da Unicamp |
| Popis: | Agradecimentos: This research used resources of the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), an open national facility operated by the Brazilian Centre for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) for the Brazilian Ministry for Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications (MCTIC). The XAFS2 beamline staff is acknowledged for the assistance during the experiments. This work was funded by Fapesp (Grants No. 2011/19924-2, No. 2017/10581-1, and No. 2018/20142-8), CNPq, and CAPES, Brazil Abstract: The partial (up to 7%) substitution of Cd for Zn in the Yb-based heavy-fermion material YbFe2Zn20 is known to induce a slight (similar to 20%) reduction of the Sommerfeld specific-heat coefficient gamma and a huge (up to two orders of magnitude) reduction of the T-2 resistivity coefficient A, corresponding to a drastic and unexpected reduction of the Kadowaki-Woods ratio A/gamma(2). Here, Yb L-3-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy shows that the Yb valence state is close to 3+ for all x, whereas x-ray diffraction reveals that Cd replaces the Zn ions only at the 16c site of the Fd (3) over barm cubic structure, leaving the 48f and 96g sites with full Zn occupation. Ab initio electronic structure calculations in pure and Cd-doped materials, carried out without considering correlations, show multiple conduction bands with only minor modifications of the band dispersions near the Fermi level and therefore do not explain the resistivity drop introduced by Cd substitution. We propose that the site-selective Cd substitution introduces light conduction bands with a substantial contribution of Cd(16c) 5p levels that have weak coupling to the Yb3+ 4f moments. These light fermions coexist with heavy fermions that originate from other conduction bands with larger participation of Zn(96g) 4p levels that remain strongly coupled with the Yb3+ local moments FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO - FAPESP CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO - CNPQ COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DE PESSOAL DE NÍVEL SUPERIOR - CAPES Fechado |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|