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Quantum criticality in layered CeRhIn_{5-x}Sn_x compared with cubic CeIn$_{3-x}Sn_x

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-10-21 v1

Abstract

We report low-temperature thermal-expansion measurements on single crystals of the {\it layered} heavy fermion system \cri (0.3x0.60.3\leq x \leq 0.6) and compare it with a previous study on the related {\it cubic} system \ci [R. K\"{u}chler {\it et al.}, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 96}, 256403 (2006)]. Both systems display a quantum critical point as proven by a divergent Gr\"uneisen ratio. Most remarkably, the three-dimensional itinerant model explains quantum criticality in {\it both} systems, suggesting that the crystalline anisotropy in \cri is unimportant. This is ascribed to the effect of weak disorder in these doped systems.

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@article{arxiv.0909.3460,
  title  = {Quantum criticality in layered CeRhIn_{5-x}Sn_x compared with cubic CeIn$_{3-x}Sn_x},
  author = {J. G. Donath and F. Steglich and E. D. Bauer and F. Ronning and J. L. Sarrao and P. Gegenwart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.3460},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Eur. Phys. Lett., to be published