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Emerging quantum critical phase in a cluster spin-glass

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2024-10-22 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Materials Science

Abstract

Magnetic frustration has been recognized as pivotal to investigating new phases of matter in correlation-driven Kondo breakdown quantum phase transitions that are not clearly associated with broken symmetry. The nature of these new phases, however, remains underexplored. Here, we report quantum criticalities emerging from a cluster spin-glass in the heavy-fermion metal TiFex_xCu2x1_{2x-1}Sb, where frustration originates from intrinsic disorder. Specific heat and magnetic Gr\"uneisen parameter measurements under varying magnetic fields exhibit quantum critical scaling, indicating a quantum critical point near 0.13 Tesla. As the magnetic field increases, the cluster spin-glass phase is progressively suppressed. Upon crossing the quantum critical point, resistivity and Hall effect measurements reveal enhanced screening of local moments and an expanding Fermi surface, consistent with the Kondo breakdown scenario.

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@article{arxiv.2410.15261,
  title  = {Emerging quantum critical phase in a cluster spin-glass},
  author = {Fang Zhang and Tao Feng and Yurong Ruan and Xiaoyuan Ye and Bing Wen and Liang Zhou and Minglin He and Zhaotong Zhuang and Liusuo Wu and Hongtao He and Peijie Sun and Zhiyang Yu and Weishu Liu and Wenqing Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.15261},
  year   = {2024}
}

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18 pages, 4 figures, with Supplementary Information

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