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Fermi surface reconstruction and multiple quantum phase transitions in the antiferromagnet CeRhIn$_5$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-02-02 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

Conventional, thermally-driven continuous phase transitions are described by universal critical behaviour that is independent of the specific microscopic details of a material. However, many current studies focus on materials that exhibit quantum-driven continuous phase transitions (quantum critical points, or QCPs) at absolute zero temperature. The classification of such QCPs and the question of whether they show universal behaviour remain open issues. Here we report measurements of heat capacity and de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) oscillations at low temperatures across a field-induced antiferromagnetic QCP (Bc0_{c0}\simeq 50 T) in the heavy-fermion metal CeRhIn5_5. A sharp, magnetic-field-induced change in Fermi surface is detected both in the dHvA effect and Hall resistivity at B0_0^*\simeq 30 T, well inside the antiferromagnetic phase. Comparisons with band-structure calculations and properties of isostructural CeCoIn5_5 suggest that the Fermi-surface change at B0_0^* is associated with a localized to itinerant transition of the Ce-4f electrons in CeRhIn5_5. Taken in conjunction with pressure data, our results demonstrate that at least two distinct classes of QCP are observable in CeRhIn5_5, a significant step towards the derivation of a universal phase diagram for QCPs.

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@article{arxiv.1501.01890,
  title  = {Fermi surface reconstruction and multiple quantum phase transitions in the antiferromagnet CeRhIn$_5$},
  author = {L. Jiao and Y. Chen and Y. Kohama and D. Graf and E. D. Bauer and J. Singleton and J. -X. Zhu and Z. F. Weng and G. M. Pang and T. Shang and J. L. Zhang and H. O. Lee and T. Park and M. Jaime and J. D. Thompson and F. Steglich and Q. Si and H. Q. Yuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.01890},
  year   = {2015}
}

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30 pages, including Supporting Information. appears in PNAS, Early Edition published on January 5, 2015