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Appearance of Fermion Condensation Quantum Phase Transition in Different Fermi Liquids

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2007-05-23 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

We show that the quasiparticle effective mass MM^* diverges as a function of the system's density xx, M1/(xxFC)M^*\propto 1/(x-x_{FC}), when a system approaches the critical point xFCx_{FC} at which the fermion condensation quantum phase transition (FCQPT) occurs. Such behavior is of general form and takes place in both three dimensional systems and two dimensional ones. We demonstrate that a system which has undergone FCQPT and lies close to the critical point xFCx_{FC} can be driven back into the normal Fermi liquid by applying a small magnetic field BB. As the field BB is reduced, the system is tuned back to the critical point and the effective mass diverges as M1/BBFCM^*\propto 1/\sqrt{B-B_{FC}} where BFCB_{FC} is the maximum field at which FCQPT takes place. We demonstrate the constancy of the Kadowaki-Woods ratio when approaching the critical point at the fields B>BFCB>B_{FC}. Analyzing recent experimental data on the effective mass behavior in a strongly correlated two dimensional fluid 3^3He, in metallic two dimensional electron systems and in heavy-fermion systems, we show that the observed behavior is in agreement with our consideration. As a result, we may conclude that FCQPT can be conceived of as a universal cause of the strongly correlated regime in different Fermi liquids.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0208568,
  title  = {Appearance of Fermion Condensation Quantum Phase Transition in Different Fermi Liquids},
  author = {V. R. Shaginyan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0208568},
  year   = {2007}
}

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