Random Field effects in field-driven quantum critical points

Details Random Field effects in field-driven quantum critical points Random Field effects in field-driven quantum critical points

2009-01-19

arxiv.org/abs/0901.2881v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

8 pages

Scientific paper

We investigate the role of disorder for field-driven quantum phase transitions of metallic antiferromagnets. For systems with sufficiently low symmetry, the combination of a uniform external field and non-magnetic impurities leads effectively to a random magnetic field which strongly modifies the behavior close to the critical point. Using perturbative renormalization group, we investigate in which regime of the phase diagram the disorder affects critical properties. In heavy fermion systems where even weak disorder can lead to strong fluctuations of the local Kondo temperature, the random field effects are especially pronounced. We study possible manifestation of random field effects in experiments and discuss in this light neutron scattering results for the field riven quantum phase transition in CeCu_5.8Au_0.2.

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