Quantum critical point in heavy fermions
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2007-05-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
The concept that heavy fermions are close to a quantum critical point and that this proximity determines their physical behavior, has opened new perspectives in the study of these systems. It has provided a new paradigm for understanding and probing the properties of these strongly correlated materials. Scaling ideas were important to establish this approach. We give below a brief and personal account of the genesis of some of these ideas 15 years ago, their implications and the future prospects for this exciting field.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0412321,
title = {Quantum critical point in heavy fermions},
author = {Mucio Amado Continentino},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0412321},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Brazilian Journal of Physics