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Temperature - pressure phase diagram of CeCoSi: Pressure induced high-temperature phase

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2013-11-04 v1

Abstract

We have studied the temperature-pressure phase diagram of CeCoSi by electrical-resistivity experiments under pressure. Our measurements revealed a very unusual phase diagram. While at low pressures no dramatic changes and only a slight shift of the Ne\'{e}l temperature TNT_N (10\approx 10 K) are observed, at about 1.45 GPa a sharp and large anomaly, indicative of the opening of a spin-density-wave (SDW) gap, appears at a comparatively high temperature TS38T_S \approx 38 K. With further increasing pressure TST_S shifts rapidly to low temperatures and disappears at about 2.15 GPa, likely continuously in a quantum critical point, but without evidence for superconductivity. Even more surprisingly, we observed a clear shift of TST_S to higher temperatures upon applying a magnetic field. We discuss two possible origins for TST_S, either magnetic ordering of Co or a meta-orbital type of transition of Ce.

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@article{arxiv.1311.0130,
  title  = {Temperature - pressure phase diagram of CeCoSi: Pressure induced high-temperature phase},
  author = {E. Lengyel and M. Nicklas and N. Caroca-Canales and C. Geibel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.0130},
  year   = {2013}
}

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6 pages, 5 figures