Large positive correlation between the effective electron mass and the multipolar fluctuation in the heavy-fermion metal Ce1-xLaxB6

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Contributors

  • Dongjin Jang - , Max Planck-POSTECH Center for Complex Phase Materials (Author)
  • Pavlo Y. Portnichenko - , Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics (Author)
  • Alistair S. Cameron - , Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics (Author)
  • Gerd Friemel - , Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) (Author)
  • Anatoliy V. Dukhnenko - , National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Author)
  • Natalya Y. Shitsevalova - , National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Author)
  • Volodymyr B. Filipov - , National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Author)
  • Astrid Schneidewind - , ILL - Institut Laue-Langevin (Author)
  • Alexandre Ivanov - (Author)
  • Dmytro S. Inosov - , Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics (Author)
  • Manuel Brando - , Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) (Author)

Abstract

For the last few decades, researchers have been intrigued by multipolar ordering phenomena and related quantum phase transitions in heavy-fermion Kondo systems. However, a criticality induced by substitution level (x), temperature (T), or magnetic field (B) is poorly understood even in the prototypical material, Ce1-xLaxB6, despite a large collection of experimental results is available. In this work, we present T-B, x-T, and x-B phase diagrams of Ce1-xLaxB6 (B parallel to [110]). These are completed by investigating heat capacity, magnetocaloric effect (MCE), and elastic neutron scattering. A drastic increase of the Sommerfeld coefficient gamma(0), which is estimated from the heat capacity down to 0.05 K, is observed with increasing x. The precise T-B phase diagram including a high-entropy region is derived from the MCE analysis in which a knowledge beyond the equilibrium thermodynamics is involved. Finally, the x-B phase diagram at T = 0, which supports the existence of a quantum critical point at x > 0.75, is obtained by the same analysis. A detailed interpretation of phase diagrams strongly indicates positive correlation between the fluctuating multipoles and the effective electron mass.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number62
Number of pages8
Journalnpj quantum materials
Volume2
Publication statusPublished - 10 Nov 2017
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85042198126

Keywords

Keywords

  • MAGNETIC PHASE-DIAGRAM, CEB6, ORDER, SYMMETRY, NMR, IV

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