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Quantum phase transitions occur at zero temperature when some non-thermal control-parameter like pressure or chemical composition is changed. They are driven by quantum rather than thermal fluctuations. In this review we first give a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-09-27 Thomas Vojta

The conductivity and magnetization of Fe1-xCoxS2 were measured to investigate quantum critical behavior in disordered itinerant magnets. Small x (<0.001) is required to convert insulating iron pyrite into a metal, followed by a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 J. F. DiTusa , S. Guo , D. P. Young , R. T. Macaluso , D. A. Browne , N. L. Henderson , J. Y. Chan

The effects of quenched disorder on the critical properties of itinerant quantum magnets are considered. Particular attention is paid to locally ordered rare regions that are formed in the presence of quenched disorder even when the bulk…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Narayanan , Thomas Vojta , D. Belitz , T. R. Kirkpatrick

The theory for disordered itinerant ferromagnets developed in a previous paper is used to construct a simple effective field theory that is capable of describing the quantum phase transition from a ferromagnetic metal to a ferromagnetic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. R. Kirkpatrick , D. Belitz

This review gives an overview of the quantum phase transition (QPT) problem in metallic ferromagnets, discussing both experimental and theoretical aspects. These QPTs can be classified with respect to the presence and strength of quenched…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-06-02 M. Brando , D. Belitz , F. M. Grosche , T. R. Kirkpatrick

A comprehensive theory of the quantum phase transition in clean, itinerant Heisenberg ferromagnets is presented. It is shown that the standard mean-field description of the transition is invalid in spatial dimensions $d\leq 3$ due to the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. R. Kirkpatrick , D. Belitz

The zero-temperature limit of a continuous phase transition is marked by a quantum critical point, which can generate exotic physics that extends to elevated temperatures. Magnetic quantum criticality is now well known, and has been…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-02-21 Awadhesh Narayan , Andres Cano , Alexander V. Balatsky , Nicola A. Spaldin

We calculate the temperature dependence of conductivity due to interaction correction for a disordered itinerant electron system close to a ferromagnetic quantum critical point which occurs due to a spin density wave instability. In the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-13 I. Paul

The phase-ordering dynamics that result from domain coarsening are considered for itinerant quantum ferromagnets. The fluctuation effects that invalidate the Hertz theory of the quantum phase transition also affect the phase ordering. For a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-29 D. Belitz , T. R. Kirkpatrick , Ronojoy Saha

We study the critical behavior of the Diluted Antiferromagnet in a Field with the Tethered Monte Carlo formalism. We compute the critical exponents (including the elusive hyperscaling violations exponent $\theta$). Our results provide a…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2011-10-03 L. A. Fernandez , V. Martin-Mayor , D. Yllanes

A theory is presented of quantum criticality in open (coupled to reservoirs) itinerant electron magnets, with nonequilibrium drive provided by current flow across the system. Both departures from equilibrium at conventional (equilibrium)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Aditi Mitra , So Takei , Yong Baek Kim , A. J. Millis

We study the temperature dependence of the conductivity due to quantum interference processes for a two-dimensional disordered itinerant electron system close to a ferromagnetic quantum critical point. Near the quantum critical point, the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-11 I. Paul , C. Pépin , B. N. Narozhny , D. L. Maslov

In disordered itinerant magnets with arbitrary symmetry of the order parameter, the conventional quantum critical point between the ordered phase and the paramagnetic Fermi-liquid (PMFL) is destroyed due to the formation of an intervening…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-10-22 Matthew J. Case , V. Dobrosavljevic

Within the four-loop $\ve$ expansion, we study the critical behavior of certain antiferromagnets with complicated ordering. We show that an anisotropic stable fixed point governs the phase transitions with new critical exponents. This is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Andrei Mudrov , Konstantin Varnashev

Zero-temperature or quantum phase transitions in itinerant electronic systems both with and without quenched disordered are discussed. Phase transitions considered include, the ferromagnetic transition, the antiferromagnetic transition, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-02-03 T. R. Kirkpatrick , D. Belitz

Quantum criticality describes the collective fluctuations of matter undergoing a second-order phase transition at zero temperature. It is being discussed in a number of strongly correlated electron systems. A prototype case occurs in the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-02-28 Qimiao Si

The critical behavior of the disordered ferromagnetic Ising model is studied numerically by the Monte Carlo method in a wide range of variation of concentration of nonmagnetic impurity atoms. The temperature dependences of correlation…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-09-11 V. Prudnikov , P. Prudnikov , A. Vakilov , A. Krinitsyn

We study the stability of the Quantum Critical Point (QCP) for itinerant ferromagnets commonly described by the Hertz-Millis-Moriya (HMM) theory. We argue that in $D \leq 3$, long-range spatial correlations associated with the Landau…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-04-04 Andrey V. Chubukov , Catherine Pépin , Jerome Rech

We present a numerical study of 2D random-bond Potts ferromagnets. The model is studied both below and above the critical value $Q_c=4$ which discriminates between second and first-order transitions in the pure system. Two geometries are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Christophe Chatelain , Bertrand Berche

We discuss the interplay between anti-ferromagnetic order and polarization fluctuations in a magnetic quantum paraelectric. Using an action where anti-ferromagnetic order parameter couples to the polarization fluctuations and as well as…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-14 Nabyendu Das