Magnetic order and spin dynamics across a ferromagnetic quantum critical point: mu SR investigations of YbNi4(P1-xAsx)(2)

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Contributors

  • R. Sarkar - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • J. Spehling - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • P. Materne - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • H. Luetkens - , Paul Scherrer Institute (Author)
  • C. Baines - , Paul Scherrer Institute (Author)
  • M. Brando - , Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) (Author)
  • C. Krellner - , University Hospital Frankfurt (Author)
  • H. -H. Klauss - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)

Abstract

In the quasi-one-dimensional heavy-fermion system YbNi4(P1-xAsx)(2) the presence of a ferromagnetic (FM) quantum critical point (QCP) at x(c) approximate to 0.1 with unconventional quantum critical exponents in the thermodynamic properties has been recently reported. Here, we present muon-spin relaxation (mu SR) experiments on polycrystals of this series to study the magnetic order and the low-energy 4f -electronic spin dynamics across the FM QCP. The zero-field mu SR measurements on pure YbNi4P2 proved static long-range magnetic order and suggested a strongly reduced ordered Yb moment of about 0.04 mu(B). With increasing As substitution, the ordered moment is reduced by half at x = 0.04 and to less than 0.005 mu(B) at x = 0.08. The dynamic behavior in the mu SR response shows that magnetism remains homogeneous upon As substitution, without evidence of a disorder effect. In the paramagnetic state across the FM QCP the dynamic muon-spin relaxation rate follows 1/T1T proportional to T-n with 1.01 +/- 0.04

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number121111
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume95
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - 27 Mar 2017
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85016249739

Keywords

Keywords

  • FERMI-LIQUID BEHAVIOR, ELECTRON

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