Excess heat capacity in magnetically ordered Ce heavy fermion metals

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Auteurs principaux: Scheie, A., Liu, Yu, Ghioldi, E. A., Fender, S., Rosa, P. F. S., Bauer, E. D., Zhu, Jian-Xin, Ronning, F.
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author Scheie, A.
Liu, Yu
Ghioldi, E. A.
Fender, S.
Rosa, P. F. S.
Bauer, E. D.
Zhu, Jian-Xin
Ronning, F.
author_facet Scheie, A.
Liu, Yu
Ghioldi, E. A.
Fender, S.
Rosa, P. F. S.
Bauer, E. D.
Zhu, Jian-Xin
Ronning, F.
contents We study the magnetic heat capacity of a series of magnetically ordered Ce-based heavy fermion materials, which show an anomalous $T^3$ heat capacity in excess of the phonon contribution in many materials. For compounds for which magnon models have been worked out, we show that the local-moment magnon heat capacity derived from the measured magnon spectra underestimates the experimental specific heat. The excess heat capacity reveals increasing density of states with increasing energy, akin to a pseudogap. We show that this anomalous temperature-dependent term is not associated with proximity to a quantum critical point (QCP), but is strongly correlated with $T_N$, indicating the anomalous excitations are governed by the magnetic exchange interaction. This insight may hold key information for understanding magnetically ordered heavy fermions.
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spellingShingle Excess heat capacity in magnetically ordered Ce heavy fermion metals
Scheie, A.
Liu, Yu
Ghioldi, E. A.
Fender, S.
Rosa, P. F. S.
Bauer, E. D.
Zhu, Jian-Xin
Ronning, F.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We study the magnetic heat capacity of a series of magnetically ordered Ce-based heavy fermion materials, which show an anomalous $T^3$ heat capacity in excess of the phonon contribution in many materials. For compounds for which magnon models have been worked out, we show that the local-moment magnon heat capacity derived from the measured magnon spectra underestimates the experimental specific heat. The excess heat capacity reveals increasing density of states with increasing energy, akin to a pseudogap. We show that this anomalous temperature-dependent term is not associated with proximity to a quantum critical point (QCP), but is strongly correlated with $T_N$, indicating the anomalous excitations are governed by the magnetic exchange interaction. This insight may hold key information for understanding magnetically ordered heavy fermions.
title Excess heat capacity in magnetically ordered Ce heavy fermion metals
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.10718