Grueneisen Ratio Divergence at the Quantum Critical Point in CeCu_{6-x}Ag_x

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2004-07-30

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0407798v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 096402 (2004)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

Physical Review Letters, to be published

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.096402

The heavy fermion system CeCu$_{6-x}$Ag$_x$ is studied at its antiferromagnetic quantum critical point, $x_c=0.2$, by low temperature ($T\geq 50$ mK) specific heat, $C(T)$, and volume thermal expansion, $\beta(T)$, measurements. Whereas $C/T\propto \log(T_0/T)$ would be compatible with the predictions of the itinerant spin-density-wave (SDW) theory for two-dimensional critical spin fluctuations, $\beta(T)/T$ and the Gr\"uneisen ratio, $\Gamma(T)\propto \beta/C$, diverge much weaker than expected, in strong contrast to this model. Both $C$ and $\beta$, plotted as a function of the reduced temperature $t=T/T_0$ with $T_0=4.6$ K are similar to what was observed for YbRh$_2$(Si$_{0.95}$Ge$_{0.05}$)$_2$ ($T_0=23.3$ K) indicating a striking discrepancy to the SDW prediction in both systems.

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