YbRh(2)Si(2): pronounced non-fermi-liquid effects above a low-lyingmagnetic phase transition

Autor: O, Trovarelli, C, Geibel, S, Mederle, C, Langhammer, F M, Grosche, P, Gegenwart, M, Lang, G, Sparn, F, Steglich
Rok vydání: 1999
Zdroj: Physical review letters. 85(3)
ISSN: 0031-9007
Popis: We report the first observation of non-Fermi-liquid (NFL) effects in a clean Yb compound at ambient pressure and zero magnetic field. The electrical resistivity and the specific-heat coefficient of high-quality single crystals of YbRh(2)Si(2) present a linear and a logarithmic temperature dependence, respectively, in more than a decade in temperature. We ascribe this NFL behavior to the presence of (presumably) quasi-2D antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations related to a very weak magnetic phase transition at T(N) approximately 65 mK. Application of hydrostatic pressure induces anomalies in the electrical resistivity, indicating the stabilization of magnetic order.
Databáze: OpenAIRE