Fermi-liquid instabilities at magnetic quantum phase transitions
Abstract
This review discusses instabilities of the Fermi-liquid state of conduction electrons in metals with particular emphasis on magnetic quantum critical points. Both the existing theoretical concepts and experimental data on selected materials are presented; with the aim of assessing the validity of presently available theory. After briefly recalling the fundamentals of Fermi-liquid theory, the local Fermi-liquid state in quantum impurity models and their lattice versions is described. Next, the scaling concepts applicable to quantum phase transitions are presented. The Hertz-Millis-Moriya theory of quantum phase transitions is described in detail. The breakdown of the latter is analyzed in several examples. In the final part experimental data on heavy-fermion materials and transition-metal alloys are reviewed and confronted with existing theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0606317,
title = {Fermi-liquid instabilities at magnetic quantum phase transitions},
author = {Hilbert v. Löhneysen and Achim Rosch and Matthias Vojta and Peter Wölfle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0606317},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
62 pages, 29 figs, review article for Rev. Mod. Phys; (v2) discussion extended, refs added; (v3) shortened; final version as published