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Quantum triple point and quantum critical endpoints in metallic magnets

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2018-01-03 v2

Abstract

In low-temperature metallic magnets, ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) orders can exist in a single system in different parts of the phase diagram as a function of some control parameter. These phases can be adjacent, or exist concurrently, resulting in a phase transition between a FM phase and an AFM one, or between a phase of concurrent FM and AFM order and either of the pure phases. We show that universal quantum fluctuations qualitatively alter the known phase diagrams for classical magnets: They shrink the region of concurrent FM and AFM order, change various transitions from second to first order, and, in the presence of a magnetic field, lead to either a quantum triple point where the FM, AFM and paramagnetic phases coexist, or to a quantum critical end point.

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@article{arxiv.1708.00103,
  title  = {Quantum triple point and quantum critical endpoints in metallic magnets},
  author = {D. Belitz and T. R. Kirkpatrick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.00103},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5pp, 4 figs