Thermoelectric Behaviour Near Magnetic Quantum Critical Point

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2001-04-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0104368v2

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184414 (2001)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

RevTex, two-column, 7 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.64.184414

We use the coupled 2d-spin-3d-fermion model proposed by Rosch {\sl et. al.} (Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 79}, 159 (1997)) to study the thermoelectric behaviour of a heavy fermion compound when it is close to an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point. When the low energy spin fluctuations are quasi two dimensional, as has been observed in ${\rm YbRh}_2{\rm Si}_2$ and $ {\rm CeCu}_{6-x}{\rm Au}_x $, with a typical 2d ordering wavevector and 3d Fermi surface, the ``hot'' regions on the Fermi surface have a finite area. Due to enhanced scattering with the nearly critical spin fluctuations, the electrons in the hot region are strongly renormalized. We argue that there is an intermediate energy scale where the qualitative aspects of the renormalized hot electrons are captured by a weak-coupling perturbative calculation. Our examination of the electron self energy shows that the entropy carried by the hot electrons is larger than usual. This accounts for the anomalous logarithmic temperature dependence of specific heat observed in these materials. We show that the same mechanism produces logarithmic temperature dependence in thermopower. This has been observed in $ {\rm CeCu}_{6-x}{\rm Au}_x $. We expect to see the same behaviour from future experiments on ${\rm YbRh}_2{\rm Si}_2$.

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