Quantum Criticality without Tuning in the Mixed Valence Compound beta-YbAlB4

Details Quantum Criticality without Tuning in the Mixed Valence Compound beta-YbAlB4 Quantum Criticality without Tuning in the Mixed Valence Compound beta-YbAlB4

2011-01-22

arxiv.org/abs/1101.4302v1

Science 331, 316 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

26 pages, 7 figures including supporting online matelials

Scientific paper

10.1126/science.1197531

Fermi liquid theory, the standard theory of metals, has been challenged by a number of observations of anomalous metallic behavior found in the vicinity of a quantum phase transition. The breakdown of the Fermi liquid is accomplished by fine-tuning the material to a quantum critical point using a control parameter such as the magnetic field, pressure, or chemical composition. Our high precision magnetization measurements of the ultrapure f-electron based superconductor {\beta}-YbAlB4 demonstrate a scaling of its free energy indicative of zero-field quantum criticality without tuning in a metal. The breakdown of Fermi-liquid behavior takes place in a mixed-valence state, in sharp contrast with other known examples of quantum critical f-electron systems that are magnetic Kondo lattice systems with integral valence.

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