Published December 17, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Phase diagram of UGe2.: Whether there are quantum phase transitions ?

Creators

  • 1. Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, INAC/SPSMS, 38054 Grenoble (France)

Description

The phase diagram of several itinerant ferromagnets reveals the common feature. The phase transition temperature decreases with pressure increase and reaches zero value at some critical pressure Pc such that at low enough temperatures one can expect critical behavior specific for quantum phase transition. It is not the case, however. Being the second order at ambient pressure the transition from paramagnetic to ferromagnetic state at high pressures -low temperatures is transformed to the discontinuous jump. We discuss the magneto-elastic mechanism of development of the first order type instability at the phase transition to the ferromagnet state in strongly anisotropic ferromagnet UGe2. Using the parameters characterizing the properties of UGe2 we argue the effectiveness of this mechanism transforming the very weak first order type transition to the really observable one.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/400/3/032053

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
400
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
[6 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
26. international conference on low temperature physics
Acronym
LT26
Dates
10-17 Aug 2011
Place
Beijing (China)

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