Intermediate valence to heavy fermion through a quantum phase transition in Yb3(Rh1−xTx)4Ge13 (T=Co,Ir) single crystals

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2016
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Rai, Binod K.
Oswald, Iain W.H.
Chan, Julia Y.
Morosan, E.
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American Physical Society
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Single crystals of Yb3(Rh1−xTx)4Ge13 (T=Co,Ir) have been grown using the self-flux method. Powder x-ray diffraction data on these compounds are consistent with the cubic structure with space group Pm3¯n. Intermediate-valence behavior is observed in Yb3(Rh1−xTx)4Ge13 upon T = Co doping, while T = Ir doping drives the system into a heavy-fermion state. Antiferromagnetic order is observed in the Ir-doped samples Yb3(Rh1−xTx)4Ge13 for 0.5<x≤1 with TN=0.96 K for Yb3Ir4Ge13. With decreasing x, the magnetic order is suppressed towards a quantum critical point around xc = 0.5, accompanied by non-Fermi-liquid behavior evidenced by logarithmic divergence of the specific heat and linear temperature dependence of the resistivity. The Fermi-liquid behavior is recovered with the application of large magnetic fields.

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Rai, Binod K., Oswald, Iain W.H., Chan, Julia Y., et al.. "Intermediate valence to heavy fermion through a quantum phase transition in Yb3(Rh1−xTx)4Ge13 (T=Co,Ir) single crystals." Physical Review B, 93, no. 3 (2016) American Physical Society: 035101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.035101.

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