Published January 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Fermion condensation: a strange idea successfully explaining behaviour of numerous objects in nature

  • 1. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel)
  • 3. Komi Science Center, Ural Division, Syktyvkar (Russian Federation)

Description

A theory of fermion condensation quantum phase transition, preserving the extended quasiparticles paradigm and intimately related to the unlimited growth of the effective mass as a function of the temperature, magnetic field, etc., is capable to resolve the problem. We discuss the construction of the theory and show that it delivers theoretical explanations of the vast majority of experimental results in strongly correlated systems such as heavy-fermion metals and quasi-two dimensional Fermi systems. Our analysis is placed in the context of recent salient experimental results. Our calculations of the non-Fermi liquid behavior, the scales, and thermodynamic and transport properties are in good agreement with the heat capacity, magnetization, longitudinal magnetoresistance, and magnetic entropy obtained in remarkable measurements on the heavy-fermion metal YbRh2Si2.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Ukrayins'kij Fyizichnij Zhurnal (Kyiv)
Journal Volume
55
Journal Issue
no.1
Journal Page Range
p. 65-78
ISSN
0372-400X

Conference

Title
Modern Problems of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Dates
15-18 Sep 2009
Place
Kyiv (Ukraine)