Appearance of Fermion Condensation Quantum Phase Transition in Different Fermi Liquids
Abstract
We show that the quasiparticle effective mass diverges as a function of the system's density , , when a system approaches the critical point 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 can be driven back into the normal Fermi liquid by applying a small magnetic field . As the field is reduced, the system is tuned back to the critical point and the effective mass diverges as where 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 . Analyzing recent experimental data on the effective mass behavior in a strongly correlated two dimensional fluid He, 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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8 pages, Revtex