Multiple regions of quantum criticality in YbAgGe

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2011-05-01
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Schmiedeshoff, G. M.
Mun, E. D.
Lounsbury, A. W.
Tracy, S. J.
Palm, E. C.
Hannahs, S. T.
Park, J.-H.
Murphy, T. P.
Bud’ko, Sergey
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Canfield, Paul
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Dilation and thermopower measurements on YbAgGe, a heavy-fermion antiferromagnet, clarify and refine the magnetic-field temperature (H-T) phase diagram and reveal a field-induced phase with T-linear resistivity. On the low-H side of this phase we find evidence for a first-order transition and suggest that YbAgGe at 4.5 T may be close to a quantum critical end point. On the high-H side our results are consistent with a second-order transition suppressed to a quantum critical point near 7.2 T. We discuss these results in light of global phase diagrams proposed for Kondo lattice systems.

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This article is published as Schmiedeshoff, G. M., E. D. Mun, A. W. Lounsbury, S. J. Tracy, E. C. Palm, S. T. Hannahs, J-H. Park, T. P. Murphy, S. L. Bud’ko, and P. C. Canfield. "Multiple regions of quantum criticality in YbAgGe." Physical Review B 83, no. 18 (2011): 180408. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.180408. Posted with permission.

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