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Pressure-induced strange metal phase in a metallic kagome ferromagnet

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2025-03-13 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

Strange metallicity with TT-linear electrical resistance preceding high-TcT_c superconductivity remains an enigmatic, yet crucial, signature of correlation physics. Using electrical transport and magnetization measurements up to 50 GPa, we show that such a strange-metal phase is formed in pressurized kagome ferromagnet CrNiAs. In contrast to other kagome materials, a linear suppression of the Curie temperature is found, with the ferromagnetic quantum critical point at pc12.5p_{\rm{c}} \approx 12.5 GPa. Remarkably, from pcp_{\rm{c}} up to the highest measured pressure, characteristic strange-metal behavior is observed, whereas magnetic field reinstates the Fermi liquid. Electronic structure calculations reveal robust weakly dispersive bands persisting unchanged beyond pcp_{\rm{c}}, possibly at the origin of the TT-linear electrical resistance. This establishes pressurized kagome ferromagnets as an intriguing platform for strange-metal behavior.

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@article{arxiv.2503.09524,
  title  = {Pressure-induced strange metal phase in a metallic kagome ferromagnet},
  author = {Bin Shen and Feng Du and Franziska Breitner and Victoria A. Ginga and Ece Uykur and Alexander A. Tsirlin and Philipp Gegenwart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.09524},
  year   = {2025}
}

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7 pages, 4 figures (main text)