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Ferromagnetic quantum critical point in URhGe doped with Ru

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We have investigated the thermal, transport and magnetic properties of URh1x_{1-x}Rux_xGe alloys near the critical concentration xcr=0.38x_{cr} = 0.38 for the suppression of ferromagnetic order. The Curie temperature vanishes linearly with xx and the ordered moment m0m_0 is suppressed in a continuous way. At xcrx_{cr} the specific heat varies as cTlnTc \sim TlnT, the γ\gamma-value c/T0.5Kc/T|_{0.5K} is maximum and the temperature exponent of the resistivity ρTn\rho \sim T^n attains a minimum value n=1.2n=1.2. These observations provide evidence for a ferromagnetic quantum phase transition. Interestingly, the coefficient of thermal expansion and the Gr\"uneisen parameter Γ\Gamma remain finite at xcrx_{cr} (down to T=1T = 1 K), which is at odds with recent scaling results for a metallic quantum critical point.

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@article{arxiv.0704.2116,
  title  = {Ferromagnetic quantum critical point in URhGe doped with Ru},
  author = {N. T. Huy and A. Gasparini and J. C. P. Klaasse and A. de Visser and S. Sakarya and N. H. van Dijk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.2116},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B