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T/B scaling without quasiparticle mass divergence: YbCo2Ge4

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2016-07-12 v2

Abstract

YbCo2_2Ge4_4 is a clean paramagnetic Kondo lattice which displays non-Fermi liquid behavior. We report a detailed investigation of the specific heat, magnetic Gr\"uneisen parameter (Γmag\Gamma_{\rm mag}) and temperature derivative of the magnetization (MM) on a high-quality single crystal at temperatures down to 0.10.1~K and magnetic fields up to 7~T. Γmag\Gamma_{\rm mag} and dM/dTdM/dT display a divergence upon cooling and obey T/BT/B scaling. Similar behavior has previously been found in several other Yb-based Kondo lattices and related to a zero-field quantum critical point without fine tuning of pressure or composition. However, in the approach of B0B\rightarrow 0 the electronic heat capacity coefficient of YbCo2_2Ge4_4 saturates at low TT, excluding ferromagnetic quantum criticality. This indicates that T/BT/B scaling is insufficient to prove a zero-field quantum critical point.

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@article{arxiv.1605.00896,
  title  = {T/B scaling without quasiparticle mass divergence: YbCo2Ge4},
  author = {A. Sakai and K. Kitagawa and K. Matsubayashi and M. Iwatani and P. Gegenwart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.00896},
  year   = {2016}
}

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6 pages, 6 figures (including supplemental material)

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