Field-Induced Quantum Critical Point in CeCoIn5

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2002-12-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0212502v3

Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 246405 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

4 pages, 3 figures (published version)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.246405

The resistivity of the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn5 was measured as a function of temperature, down to 25 mK and in magnetic fields of up to 16 T applied perpendicular to the basal plane. With increasing field, we observe a suppression of the non-Fermi liquid behavior, rho ~ T, and the development of a Fermi liquid state, with its characteristic rho = rho_0 + AT^2 dependence. The field dependence of the T^2 coefficient shows critical behavior with an exponent of 1.37. This is evidence for a field-induced quantum critical point (QCP), occuring at a critical field which coincides, within experimental accuracy, with the superconducting critical field H_c2. We discuss the relation of this field-tuned QCP to a change in the magnetic state, seen as a change in magnetoresistance from positive to negative, at a crossover line that has a common border with the superconducting region below ~ 1 K.

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