Temperature-Independent Fermi Surface in the Kondo Lattice YbRh2Si2

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Contributors

  • K. Kummer - , European Synchrotron Radiat Facil, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) (Author)
  • S. Patil - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • A. Chikina - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • M. Guettler - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • M. Hoeppner - , TUD Dresden University of Technology, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Max Planck Society, Social Neurosci Lab (Author)
  • A. Generalov - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • S. Danzenbaecher - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • S. Seiro - , Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (Author)
  • A. Hannaske - , Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (Author)
  • C. Krellner - , University Hospital Frankfurt (Author)
  • Yu. Kucherenko - , TUD Dresden University of Technology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Author)
  • M. Shi - , Paul Scherrer Institute (Author)
  • M. Radovic - , ETH Zurich (Author)
  • E. Rienks - , Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy (Author)
  • G. Zwicknagl - , Technical University of Braunschweig (Author)
  • K. Matho - , French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Université Grenoble Alpes (Author)
  • J. W. Allen - , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Author)
  • C. Laubschat - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • C. Geibel - , Max Planck Society, Social Neurosci Lab (Author)
  • D. V. Vyalikh - , Chair of Surface Physics, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (Author)

Abstract

Strongly correlated electron systems are one of the central topics in contemporary solid-state physics. Prominent examples for such systems are Kondo lattices, i.e., intermetallic materials in which below a critical temperature, the Kondo temperature T-K, the magnetic moments become quenched and the effective masses of the conduction electrons approach the mass of a proton. In Ce-and Yb-based systems, this so-called heavy-fermion behavior is caused by interactions between the strongly localized 4f and itinerant electrons. A major and very controversially discussed issue in this context is how the localized electronic degree of freedom gets involved in the Fermi surface (FS) upon increasing the interaction between both kinds of electrons or upon changing the temperature. In this paper, we show that the FS of a prototypic Kondo lattice, YbRh2Si2, does not change its size or shape in a wide temperature range extending from well below to far above the single-ion Kondo temperature T-K similar to 25 K of this system. This experimental observation, obtained by means of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, is in remarkable contrast to the widely believed evolution from a large FS, including the 4f degrees of freedom, to a small FS, without the 4f's, upon increasing temperature. Our results explicitly demonstrate a need to further advance in theoretical approaches based on the periodic Anderson model in order to elucidate the temperature dependence of Fermi surfaces in Kondo lattices.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number011028
Number of pages9
JournalPhysical Review X
Volume5
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 12 Mar 2015
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 84961290291

Keywords

Keywords

  • Metamagnetic transition, Electronic-structure, Heavy, Evolution, Coherence, Ceru2si2, Metals