Published August 13, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Antiferromagnetic quantum criticality induced by onset of superconductivity around upper critical field: non-Fermi liquid behavior of CeCoIn5 at H approx. = Hc2

  • 1. Division of Materials Physics, Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531 (Japan)

Description

It is argued that the non-Fermi liquid behavior observed in CeCoIn5 and its solid solution CeCo(In,Sn)5 around the upper critical field Hc2 can be understood as the antiferromagnetic (AF) quantum criticality induced by the critical fluctuations associated with an onset of the d-wave superconductivity with B1g(dx2-y2) or B2g(dxy) symmetry. A basic idea is that the effect of SC fluctuations on the mode-coupling term of the AF susceptibility works to promote the AF-order while those effect on the RPA term works to suppress the AF tendency. On the basis of this idea, the pinning of AF-QC around Hc2 observed in CeCo(In,Sn)5 can be qualitatively explained

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DOI
10.1088/0953-8984/20/32/325226;
PII
S0953-8984(08)72366-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
32
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL