Thermal conductivity in the vicinity of the quantum critical endpoint in Sr3Ru2O7

Details Thermal conductivity in the vicinity of the quantum critical endpoint in Sr3Ru2O7 Thermal conductivity in the vicinity of the quantum critical endpoint in Sr3Ru2O7

2006-02-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0602469v2

Phys. Rev. Lett, 97, 067005 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 figures, published in PRL

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.067005

Thermal conductivity of Sr3Ru2O7 was measured down to 40 mK and at magnetic fields through the quantum critical endpoint at H_c = 7.85 T. A peak in the electrical resistivity as a function of field was mimicked by the thermal resistivity. In the limit as T -> 0 K we find that the Wiedemann-Franz law is satisfied to within 5% at all fields, implying that there is no breakdown of the electron despite the destruction of the Fermi liquid state at quantum criticality. A significant change in disorder (from $\rho_0$(H=0T) = 2.1 $\mu\Omega$ cm to 0.5 $\mu\Omega$ cm) does not influence our conclusions. At finite temperatures, the temperature dependence of the Lorenz number is consistent with ferromagnetic fluctuations causing the non-Fermi liquid behavior as one would expect at a metamagnetic quantum critical endpoint.

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