Valence fluctuations revealed by magnetic field and pressure scans: comparison with experiments in YbXCu4 (X = In, Ag, Cd) and CeYIn5 (Y = Ir, Rh)

  • Watanabe Shinji
    Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo
  • Tsuruta Atsushi
    Division of Materials Physics, Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  • Miyake Kazumasa
    Division of Materials Physics, Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  • Flouquet Jacques
    Département de la Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condenseé, SPSMS, CEA Grenoble

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  • Valence Fluctuations Revealed by Magnetic Field and Pressure Scans: Comparison with Experiments in YbXCu<SUB>4</SUB> (X=In, Ag, Cd) and CeYIn<SUB>5</SUB> (Y=Ir, Rh)

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The mechanism of how critical end points of the first-order valence transition (FOVT) are controlled by a magnetic field is discussed. We demonstrate that critical temperature is suppressed to be a quantum critical point (QCP) by a magnetic field. This results explain the field dependence of the isostructural FOVT observed in Ce metal and YbInCu4. Magnetic field scan can make the system reenter in a critical valence fluctuation region. Even in intermediate-valence materials, the QCP is induced by applying a magnetic field, at which magnetic susceptibility also diverges. The driving force of the field-induced QCP is shown to be a cooperative phenomenon of the Zeeman effect and the Kondo effect, which creates a distinct energy scale from the Kondo temperature. The key concept is that the closeness to the QCP of the FOVT is vital in understanding Ce- and Yb-based heavy-fermions. This explains the peculiar magnetic and transport responses in CeYIn5 (Y=Ir, Rh) and metamagnetic transition in YbXCu4 for X=In as well as the sharp contrast between X=Ag and Cd.

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