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Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2004 Volume 79, Issue 6, Pages 344–350 (Mi jetpl2258)

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CONDENSED MATTER

Universal behavior of heavy-fermion metals near a quantum critical point

V. R. Shaginyanab

a Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
b CTSPS, Clark Atlanta University, 30314 Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Abstract: The behavior of the electronic system of heavy fermion metals is considered. We show that there exist at least two main types of the behavior when the system is nearby a quantum critical point which can be identified as the fermion condensation quantum phase transition (FCQPT). We show that the first type is represented by the behavior of a highly correlated Fermi-liquid, while the second type is depicted by the behavior of a strongly correlated Fermi-liquid. If the system approaches FCQPT from the disordered phase, it can be viewed as a highly correlated Fermi-liquid which at low temperatures exhibits the behavior of Landau Fermi liquid (LFL). At higher temperatures $T$, it demonstrates the non-Fermi liquid (NFL) behavior which can be converted into the LFL behavior by the application of magnetic fields $B$. If the system has undergone FCQPT, it can be considered as a strongly correlated Fermi-liquid which demonstrates the NFL behavior even at low temperatures. It can be turned into LFL by applying magnetic fields $B$. We show that the effective mass $M^*$ diverges at the very point that the Neél temperature goes to zero. The $B-T$ phase diagrams of both liquids are studied. We demonstrate that these $B-T$ phase diagrams have a strong impact on the main properties of heavy-fermion metals such as the magnetoresistance, resistivity, specific heat, magnetization, volume thermal expansion, etc.

PACS: 71.10.Hf, 71.27.+a, 75.30.Cr

Received: 24.11.2003
Revised: 09.02.2004

Language: English


 English version:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2004, 79:6, 286–292

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