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Quantum oscillations in the heat capacity of Kondo insulator YbB12

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2025-10-27 v1

Abstract

We observe the magnetic quantum oscillation in the heat capacity of the Kondo insulator YbB12_{12}. The frequency of these oscillations F=670F = 670 T, aligns with findings from magnetoresistance and torque magnetometry experiments for μ0H>35\mu_0 H > 35 T in the Kondo insulating phase. Remarkably, the quantum oscillation amplitudes in the heat capacity are substantial, with ΔC~/T\Delta \tilde{C}/T \approx 0.5 mJ\rm{mJ} mol1K2\rm{mol^{-1}K^{-2}} at 0.8 K, accounting for 13%\% of the known linear heat capacity coefficient γ\gamma. Double-peak structures of quantum-oscillation amplitudes due to the distribution function of fermions were identified and used to determine the value of the effective mass from the heat capacity, which agrees well with that from torque magnetometry. These observations support charge-neutral fermions contributing to the quantum oscillations in YbB12_{12}.

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@article{arxiv.2501.07471,
  title  = {Quantum oscillations in the heat capacity of Kondo insulator YbB12},
  author = {Kuan-Wen Chen and Yuan Zhu and Danilo Ratkovski and Guoxin Zheng and Dechen Zhang and Aaron Chan and Kaila Jenkins and Joanna Blawat and Tomoya Asaba and Fumitoshi Iga and C. Varma and Yuji Matsuda and John Singleton and Ali F. Bangura and Lu Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.07471},
  year   = {2025}
}

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