Published April 30, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Search for a quantum critical end-point in CeRu2(Si1-xGex)2

  • 1. Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, D-01187 Dresden (Germany)
  • 2. Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043 (Japan)

Description

We use high-resolution dilatometry and electrical resistivity down to 20mK and millitesla magnetic field steps to search for a possible quantum critical (end-) point (QC(E)P) in CeRu2(Si1-xGex)2 with x=0.00 and 0.02 at the metamagnetic transition (MMT), Bm=7.8 and 6.8T, respectively. We do not find any evidence for QCEP since (i) the peak height and FWHM of the magnetostrictive anomaly saturate below 0.2K and (ii) the thermal expansion and the electrical resistivity indicate the formation of a Landau-Fermi liquid (LFL) state below 0.3K even at B=Bm. We speculate that the metamagnetic crossover represents a Fermi surface reconstruction that is fully completed below 0.2K

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physb.2004.12.059;
PII
S0921-4526(04)01315-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
359-361
Journal Page Range
p. 68-70
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

Conference

Title
International conference on strongly correlated electron systems
Acronym
SCES '04
Dates
26-30 Jul 2004
Place
Karlsruhe (Germany)

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