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Logg, Peter William. "Superconductivity in the proximity of a quantum critical point." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/248786.
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In a many-body fermionic system, the suppression of continuous transitions to absolute zero can result in a low temperature quantum fluid which deviates strongly from typical metallic behaviour; unconventional superconductivity can be induced by the strange metal region surrounding the zero-temperature phase transition. In this thesis we focus on three systems which demonstrate a highly tunable phase transition, with the aim of pushing them toward the border of a zero-temperature phase transition, and potentially superconductivity. CeAgSb2 is a uniaxial 4f ferromagnet, where physical pressure or a transverse field may be used to tune the magnetic transition towards T = 0 K. Our investigations, however, did not reveal the presence of superconductivity. It is likely that the field tuned transition does not correspond to a true critical point, whilst the high pressure region may be occupied by an antiferromagnetic phase, with the true critical point at higher pressures. However, other interesting features emerge in the electrical resistivity and AC-susceptibility, along with novel thermodynamic signatures linking the magnetisation to the specific heat. The doping series Lu(1-x)YxFe2Ge2 shows an antiferromagnetic transition which is suppressed to absolute zero at a critical concentration x_c=0.2. YFe2Ge2 displays anomalous low temperature behaviour consistent with the proximity to quantum critical fluctuations, along with a superconducting transition which appears in the electrical resistivity beneath a critical temperature of T_c ~ 1.7 K. Using low temperature DC magnetisation measurements, we show that this is a bulk effect, and that the superconductivity in YFe2Ge2 is of type-II. The thermodynamic and BCS properties of the superconducting phase are analysed in line with the parameters we extract experimentally. The superconducting 3-4-13 stannides (Ca,Sr)3Ir4Sn13 show a high temperature structural transition which may be suppressed by the application of hydrostatic pressure or effective chemical pressure. A superconducting dome is found, which appears to peak near where the structural transition extrapolates to zero temperature. Anomalous exponents are seen in the electrical resistivity over a wide temperature range. We investigate the influence of pressure on the superconducting critical temperature in Ca3Ir4Sn13 and the related compound Co3Ca4Sn13, along with an analysis of the upper critical field and flux-line phenomena in Ca3Ir4Sn13 and Sr3Ir4Sn13.
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El, Zoghbi Bilal. "Spin fluctuations and non-fermi liquid behavior close to a quantum critical point in CeNi2Ge2." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1255375705.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2009.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Apr. 3, 2010). Advisor: Almut Schroeder. Keywords: non-Fermi liquid, CeNi2Ge2, spin fluctuations, neutron scattering, heavy fermions, quantum critical point. Includes bibliographical references.
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Radu, Maria Teodora. "Thermodynamic characterization of heavy fermion systems and low dimensional quantum magnets near a quantum critical point." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2005. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1130403549184-89465.
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We report experimentally results on the low temperature properties of two classes of materials with a special emphasizes near the QCP induced by substitution and magnetic 1.field: (1) the HF systems YbRh2(Si0.95Ge0.05)2, Yb1-yLayRh2Si2 (y = 0.05, 0.1),and YbIr2Si2 with tetragonal structures and CeIn3-xSnx (x = 0.55, 0.6, 0.65, 0.7, 0.8) with cubic structure; (2) the quantum spin systems: Cs2CuCl4 and Cs2CoCl4. In all the HF compounds we have observed NFL behavior in zero magnetic field close to the QCP. The La substituted system does not show an antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition down to the lowest accessible temperature (0.03 K) while in YbRh2(Si1-xGex)2 with x = 0 and x = 0.05 AFM transitions occur at TN =0.07 K and 0.02 K, respectively. For Yb0.9La0.1Rh2Si2 we observe below 0.07 K saturation of DeltaC/T indicating clearly a LFL state for this concentration. For YbIr2Si2, DeltaC/T saturates below 0.5 K. In contrast to the Yb based compounds in the vicinity of the QCP, CeIn3-xSnx shows no evidence of a divergence in Delta C/T, with B or with x. Furthermore, we used specic heat measurements in the mK temperature range and at high fields (up to 12 T) to probe the phase diagrams in the low dimensional quantum antiferromagnets Cs2CuCl4 and Cs2CoCl4. In applied magnetic field, we have presented experimental evidence that in Cs2CuCl4 the field dependence of the critical temperature Tc(B) ~ (Bc-B)^1-Phi close to the critical field Bc = 8.51 T is well described with Phi=1.5. This is in very good agreement with the exponent expected in the mean-field approximation and support the notion of a Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons in Cs2CuCl4.
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CAMARENA, MARIELLA ALZAMORA. "ANTIFERROMAGNETISM AND QUANTUM CRITICAL POINT IN CECOGE(2,1)SI(0,9) COMPOUND UNDER PRESSURE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2007. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=11502@1.
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COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIORCENTRO LATINO-AMERICANO DE FÍSICA
Estudos no sistema pseudoternário CeCoGe(3-x)Six (com 0 = < x = < 3) mostraram que o sistema evolui continuamente de um estado antiferromagnético da rede de Kondo (CeCoGe(3) com ~21k) para um composto de valência intermediária (CeCoSi(3) com Tw ~230k). O sistema apresenta comportamento tipo não- líquido de Fermi (NLF) em torno do ponto crítico quântico (PCQ) na concentração crítica xC = 1,25. A substituição isoeletrônica dos átomos de por não aumenta o grau de desordem magnética, sendo ideal para o estudo de efeitos intrínsecos das variações das constantes de interação da rede Kondo. Estudamos este sistema em concentrações próximas à concentração crítica através de medidas de resistividade elétrica AC sob pressão (x=0,9) e campo magnético (x =1), em amostras policristalinas. Nossos resultados mostram que a ordem magnética de longo alcance presente na amostra CeCoGe(2,1)Si(0,9) é suprimida com o aumento da pressão e, para a pressão crítica PC ( aprox. 6,2 kbar) TN é aproximadamente zero. Para temperaturas inferiores a TN, as medidas de resistividade são bem descritas considerando um espalhamento de elétrons de condução por mágnons antiferromagnéticos anisotrópicos. Acima de PC observa-se o comportamento líquido de Fermi. Na região crítica o estado NLF foi observado. A análise do comportamento da linha crítica na proximidade do PCQ indica que as flutuações magnéticas relevantes são tipicamente bidimensionais. Por outro lado, no composto CeCoGe2Si, que apresenta ordem magnética de curto alcance com TN aproximadamente 2K, observa-se que a temperatura de ordenamento é reduzida com o aumento do campo magnético e, para campos acima de 3 T, surge o comportamento tipo líquido de Fermi.
Studies on the pseudo ternary system CeCoGeSix (where 0 = < x = < ) have shown that the system evolves continuously from a Kondo lattice antiferromagnetic state ( CeCoGe(3) with ) towards a mixed valent compound ( CeCoSi(3)with Tw ~230k ). The system displays a non-Fermi-liquid-type behavior (NFL) in the vicinity of the quantum critical point (QCP) at the critical concentration . Isoelectronic substitution of atoms for does not enhance the degree of magnetic disorder, rendering it ideal for the study of the Kondo lattice¡ s interaction constants intrinsic effects. We have studied this system in polycrystalline samples at concentrations close to the critical one through AC electrical resistivity under pressure (x= 0,9) and magnetic field (x=1) measurements. Our results show that the long range magnetic order present in the CeCoGe(2,1)Si(0,9) sample is suppressed as pressure is increased, and that for the critical pressure PC (aprox. 6,2 kbar), TN (aprox. zero) . For temperatures below TN, the resisitivity data are well described considering conduction electron scattering by anisotropic antiferromagnetic magnons. Above PC we observe the Fermi liquid behavior. At the critical region, a NFL state with exponents close to 1 was found. The analysis of the behavior of the critical line in the neighborhood of the QCP indicates that the relevant magnetic fluctuations are typically two-dimensional. On the other hand, the CeCoGe(2)Si compound displays short range order (TN ~ 2k). The ordering temperature is reduced under an increase of an applied magnetic field, and for magnetic fields above 3 T a Fermi liquid behavior arises.
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Mikelsons, Karlis. "Extensions of Numerical Methods for Strongly Correlated Electron Systems." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1256909270.
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Bruin, Jan Adrianus Nathan. "Transport studies of the itinerant metamagnet Sr₃Ru₂O₇ near its quantum critical point." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3656.
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Strongly correlated metals are known to give rise to a variety of exotic states. In particular, if a system is tuned towards a quantum critical point, new ordered phases may arise. Sr₃Ru₂O₇ is a quasi-two dimensional metal in which field-tuned quantum criticality has been observed. In very pure single crystals of this material, a phase with unusual transport properties forms in the vicinity of its quantum critical point. Upon the application of a small in-plane field, electrical resistivity becomes anisotropic, a phenomenon which has led to the naming of this phase as an `electron nematic'. The subject of this thesis is a study of the electrical transport in high purity crystals of Sr₃Ru₂O₇. We modified an adiabatic demagnetisation refrigerator to create the conditions by which the entire temperature-field phase diagram can be explored. In particular, this allowed us to access the crossover between the low-temperature Fermi liquid and the quantum critical region. We also installed a triple axis `vector magnet' with which the applied magnetic field vector can be continuously rotated within the anisotropic phase. We conclude that the low- and high-field Fermi liquid properties have a complex dependence on magnetic field and temperature, but that a simple multiple band model can account for some of these effects, and reconcile the measured specific heat, dHvA quasiparticle masses and transport co-efficients. At high temperatures, we observe similarities between the apparent resistive scattering rate at critical tuning and those observed in other quantum critical systems and in elemental metals. Finally, the anisotropic phase measurements confirm previous reports and demonstrate behaviour consistent with an Ising-nematic, with the anisotropy aligned along either of the principal crystal axes. Our observations are consistent with the presence of a large number of domains within the anisotropic phase, and conclude that scattering from domain walls is likely to contribute strongly to the large measured anisotropy.
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Wang, Ruizhe. "Magnetic fluctuations and clusters in the itinerant ferromagnet Ni-V close to a disordered quantum critical point." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1555936445433091.
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Mercure, Jean-François. "The de Haas van Alphen effect near a quantum critical end point in Sr₃Ru₂O₇ /." St Andrews, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/683.
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Mercure, Jean-Francois. "The de Haas van Alphen effect near a quantum critical end point in Sr₃Ru₂O₇." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/683.
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Highly correlated electron materials are systems in which many new states of matter can emerge. A particular situation which favours the formation of exotic phases of the electron liquid in complex materials is that where a quantum critical point (QCP) is present in the phase diagram. Neighbouring regions in parameter space reveal unusual physical properties, described as non-Fermi liquid behaviour. One of the important problems in quantum criticality is to find out how the Fermi surface (FS) of a material evolves near a QCP. The traditional method for studying the FS of materials is the de Haas van Alphen effect (dHvA). A quantum critical end point (QCEP) has been reported in the highly correlated metal Sr₃Ru₂O₇, which is tuned using a magnetic field high enough to perform the dHvA experiment. It moreover features a new emergent phase in the vicinity of the QCEP, a nematic type of electron ordering. The subject of this thesis is the study of the FS of Sr₃Ru₂O₇ using the dHvA effect. Three aspects were explored. The first was the determination of the FS at fields both above and below that where the QCEP arises. The second was the search for quantum oscillations inside the nematic phase. The third was a reinvestigation of the behaviour of the quasiparticle effective masses near the FS. In collaboration with angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy experimentalists, a complete robust model for the FS of Sr₃Ru₂O₇ at zero fields was determined. Moreover, the new measurements of the quasiparticle masses revealed that no mass enhancements exist anywhere around the QCEP, in contradiction with previous specific heat data and measurements of the A coefficient of the power law of the resistivity. Finally, we report dHvA oscillations inside the nematic phase, and the temperature dependence of their amplitude suggests strongly that the carriers consist of Landau quasiparticles.
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Onari, Seiichiro, Hiroshi Kontani, and Yukio Tanaka. "Transport phenomena in a three-dimensional system close to the magnetic quantum critical point: The conserving approximation with current vertex corrections." The American Physical Society, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/7139.
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Zoghbi, Bilal. "Spin Fluctuations and non-Fermi Liquid Behavior Close to a Quantum Critical Point in CeNi2Ge2." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1255375705.
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Haney, Derek J. "Magnetoresistivity and Quantum Criticality in Heavy Fermion Superconductor Ce1-xYbxCoIn5." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1469054369.
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Peli, S. "UNFOLDING THE ULTRAFAST INTERPLAY BETWEEN DELOCALIZED WAVEFUNCTIONS AND LOCALIZED ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS IN QUANTUM CORRELATED MATERIALS." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/259322.
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The complex phase diagram of strongly correlated materials is regulated by the delicate interplay between the low-energy electronic excitations and those involving higher energy scales. Here we combine time-resolved optical spectroscopy, conventional laser photoemission (tr-ARPES) and XUV-laser photoemission (XUV-ARPES) to investigate, with an out-of-equilibrium approach, the high-energy electron dynamics in two families of superconducting copper oxides: the single-layer Bi2Sr2-xLaxCuO6+d (Bi2201) and double-layer Bi2Sr2Ca0.92Y0.08Cu2O8+d (Bi2212). We focused on the pump induced modification of the charge-transfer (CT) transition at >2 eV, that strongly reflects the correlation degree of the electronic wavefunction. We observe a qualitative change of the dynamics of the CT transition at T=300 K and hole doping p_cr=0.17+-0.02. We argue that the observed change at p_cr is intimately connected to the quantum critical point at T=0, from which different charge and spin ordering tendencies emerge. Furthermore, time-resolved XUV angle-resolved-photoemission experiments allowed us to track the transient occupation of both the conduction and the oxygen bands during the relaxation dynamics. Our results unveiled the different nature (bonding, non-bonding) of the oxygen bands at 1.5 eV binding energy. This is reflected in a strong bottleneck in the relaxation of the holes photoexcited in the O-2p-pi band at (pi,pi) which is non-bonding with the 3dx^2-y^2 Cu states.These results challenge the state-of-the-art models that describe the relaxation dynamics in copper oxides.
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Mizukami, Yuta. "Effect of impurity scattering and electron correlations on quasiparticle excitations in iron-based superconductors." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/215210.
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Février, Clément. "Nouvelles phases électroniques avec orbitales eg dans les réseaux triangulaires." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016GREAY012/document.
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Les composés en couches avec des ions métaux de transition ont leur bande de conduction dans les orbitales d. On se concentrera dans cette thèse sur les systèmes où le champs cristallin sépare les orbitales en deux sets dégénérés, t2g et eg, où les électrons de conduction sont sur les orbitales eg. C'est le cas pour les dichalcogénures en couches à métaux de transitions et 2H-AgNiO2 qui sont connus pour présenter des ordres de charge, un arrangement périodique des électrons sur le réseau. Les dichalcogénures en couches à métaux de transitions ont divers motifs, des ordres des charge commensurables et incommensurables, parmi eux, des ordres de charge à grande maille unité,comme le motif √13x√13 en étoile de David. 2H-AgNiO2 a un ordre de charge triple mais reste métallique.Dans le but de comprendre leurs ordres de charge, nous avons établi un modèle de Hubbard étendu multibandes et nous avons recentré notre intérêt sur les orbitales eg avec fortes interactions coulombiennes locales. À l'aide d'une approche en liaison forte et de considérations électrostatiques, puis grâce à la méthode de Hartree-Fock non restreinte, nous avons construit le diagramme de phases en fonction de la force des interactions coulombiennes, aussi bien locale qu'à courte portée, et nous avons fait évoluer la structure de bande en utilisant le ratio libre t'/t qui décrit la structure de bande dans les matériaux ayant des orbitales eg. Nous avons révélé un diagramme de phase riche avec plus de dix phases où certaines transitions peuvent être contrôlées par la structure de bande. En particulier, nous avons trouvé des phases pinball liquid, un ordre de charge métallique à trois sites par maille unité, où des charges localisées (pins) sont entourées de charges itinérantes (balls) sur un réseau hexagonal. Des ordres de charges à grande maille unité sont aussi stabilisés, tels que des ordres de charge et d'orbitale incommensurables et un ordre de charge √12x√12, qui rappelle le motif √13x√13 en étoile de David présent dans 1T-TaS2. Ces états électroniques s'avèrent génériques pour le réseau triangulaire demi rempli et sont aussi trouvés dans le cas isotrope, qui correspond au modèle de Hubbard étendu à une bande.Cependant, la méthode de Hartree-Fock non restreinte est problématique pou saisir les propriétés des phases lors d'une forte anisotropie de la structure de bande pour les états de Mott. Pour résoudre ce problème, nous avons établi un hamiltonien type Heisenberg à partir d'une théorie de perturbation. Ensuite, nous avons établit le diagramme de phases de ce nouvel hamiltonien en utilisant une approche classique et la diagonalisation exacte avec une analyse de symétries et l'algorithme de Lanczos pour un système de 24 sites. Mis à part les phases connues du modèle de Heisenberg en présence d'un champ magnétique, les configuration Y et V, le plateau 1/3, la phase ferro-orbitale, l'anisotropie de la structure de bande des orbitales eg conduit à d'autres ordres avec une composante τy ou τx et τz finies, différents ordres en bande et des ondes de densité d'orbitalesLayered compounds are materials which exhibit charge order and novel phase of matter. This is the case in layered transition metal compounds, which have their band conduction on d-orbitals, a key ingredient to understand their electronic properties. We will focus in this dissertation on systems where the crystal-field splits orbitals into two degenerate subsets, t2g and eg, and where conduction electrons are on eg-orbitals. It is the case for layered transition-metal dichalcogenides and 2H-AgNiO2, which are known to exhibit charge orders, a periodic arrangement of electrons on the lattice. Layered transition-metal dichalcogenides have various pattern, incommensurate or commensurate insulating charge orders, among them large-unit cells charge orders. 2H-AgNiO2 have a charge order but is yet metallic.In order to investigate their charge orders, we derive a generic multiorbital extended Hubbard model and we refine our interest to eg-orbital with strong local Coulomb interactions. With a tight binding approach and electrostatic considerations, then the unrestricted Hartree-Fock method, we build the phase diagrams as a function of the strength of the Coulomb interactions, local and short-range, and we tun the band structure using the ratio $t'/t$ of the $e_g$-orbitals. We unravel a rich phase diagram with more than ten phases where some transitions can be controlled by the band structure. In particular, we found pinball liquid phases, metallic threefold charge orders where localized charges (pins) are surrounded by itinerant charges (balls) on a honeycomb lattice. Phases with large unit-cells are also stabilized, such as incommensurate charge and orbital orders and a √12x√12 charge order. These electronic states are generic for the half-filled triangular lattice and are also found in the isotropic limit, which corresponds to the single-band spinful extended Hubbard model.To capture the properties of phases with strong band structure anisotropy in the Mott state, that unrestricted Hartree-Fock fails to capture, we derived a Heisenberg-like Hamiltonian from perturbation theory. Then, we build the phase diagram of this new effective Hamiltonian using a classical approach and exact diagonalization with a symmetry analysis and Lanczos algorithm for a 24-site cluster. Apart from the known phases of the Heisenberg model in presence of a field, the Y and V configuration, the 1/3 plateau, the ferro-orbital phase, the anisotropy of the band structure of eg-orbitals leads to other ordering with finite τy or τx and τz components, different stripe orders and orbital density waves. We build a rich phase diagram from this new Hamiltonian
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Raba, Matthias. "Etudes de FeSe et CePt2In7 sous conditions extrêmes." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018GREAY073/document.
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La supraconductivité non-conventionnelle a récemment été observée à proximité d'un point critique induit sous pression dans CePt$_2$In$_7$ et dans FeSe. Le premier est un fermion lourd tandis que le deuxième fait parti de la famille des supraconducteurs à base de Fer. Cette thèse a pour objectif de contribuer à la compréhension de ces systèmes à électrons fortement corrélés en étudiant les évolutions des structures cristallographiques et magnétiques, ainsi que les surfaces de Fermi sous conditions extrêmes.Tout d'abord, nous présentons une étude de diffraction de neutrons dans la phase magnétique de CePt$_2$In$_7$. Une seule structure magnétique, avec comme vecteur de propagation $textbf{Q} = (0.5,0.5,0.5)$ et $0.45~mu_B$ par atome de Cérium à 2 K, a été détectée en dessous de $T_N = 5.5$ K.Ensuite, des mesures de torque sous champ pulsé de CePt$_2$In$_7$ ne montrent aucun changement des surfaces de Fermi jusqu'à 70 T, bien au-dessus du point critique quantique induit sous champ, attendu à $55-60$ T selon la littérature. Cependant, ces mesures révèlent une claire anomalie métamagnétique à 47 T, très peu dépendante de la température et de l'orientation du champ ainsi qu'une chute des masses effectives vers 50 T. Nous suggérons que ces deux derniers éléments sont la manifestation d'un changement de valence des atomes de Ce de l'ordre de 0.06 électron par atomes de Cérium.L'étude des surfaces de Fermi de CePt$_2$In$_7$ sous pression a nécessité un développement instrumental à partir d'un circuit résonant à base d'une diode tunnel, combinée avec une cellule de pression de type Bridgman. Nous montrons qu'il est tout à fait possible de sonder les surfaces de Fermi à la fois sous champ magnétique et sous pression avec cette technique. Cependant, la fragilité du système résonnant nous amène à considérer des améliorations en vue de fiabiliser la mesure.Enfin, nous analysons une expérience de diffraction de rayons X sur un échantillon de FeSe sous pression hydrostatique. A 20 K, nous quantifions un durcissement de l'axe cristallographique $c$ qui s'opère à 1.9 GPa. A 50 K, outre le passage d'une maille orthorhombique à tétragonale à 1 GPa, nous mettons en évidence qu'une symétrie monoclinique s'installe à partir de 2 GPa, où, selon la littérature, une phase antiferromagnétique apparaîtUnconventional superconductivity was recently observed in the vicinity of a pressure-induced quantum critical point in CePt$_2$In$_7$ and FeSe. The former is a heavy fermion compound, while the latter is an iron-based superconductor. This PhD thesis aims at improving our understanding of the physics of these newly discovered strongly correlated electron systems. This is achieved by experimental investigation of the evolution of crystal and magnetic structures, as well as of the Fermi surfaces under extreme conditions of high magnetic fields, high pressure, and low temperatures.We have investigated the magnetic structure of CePt$_2$In$_7$ by neutron diffraction. We observed only one magnetic propagation vector $textbf{Q} = (0.5, 0.5, 0.5)$ below $T_N = 5.5$ K. The magnetic moment is estimated at $0.45~mu_B$ per cerium atom at 2 K.Our torque measurements on CePt$_2$In$_7$ in pulsed fields suggest that the Fermi surfaces remain unchanged up to 70 T. This is well above the field-induced quantum critical point, which is expected to occur at $55-60$ T according to previous studies. However, a clear metamagnetic-like anomaly is found at 47 T. The anomaly is almost temperature and field-angle independent. Furthermore, a sudden drop of the effective mass is observed at about the same field. We suggest that the last two observations are most naturally accounted for by a valence crossover, where the cerium valence changes by about 0.06, the order of magnitude expected in Ce-based compounds.In order to study the Fermi surfaces of CePt$_2$In$_7$ under pressure, we developed a tunnel diode oscillator combined with a Bridgman-type pressure cell. We have demonstrated that this set-up is suitable for measuring quantum oscillations both at high magnetic fields and under high pressure. However, the working conditions of the oscillator have to be improved in order to obtain a more reliable system.Finally, we performed an X-ray diffraction experiment on FeSe under hydrostatic pressure. At 20 K, we found a change of the bulk modulus along the $c$ axis at 1.9 GPa. At 50 K, the orthorhombic to tetragonal crystallographic phase transition occurs at 1 GPa. We found evidences that this is followed by the emergence of a monoclinic symmetry above 2 GPa, where an antiferromagnetic phase was previously reported
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Silva, Fernanda Deus da. "Contributions aux propriétés de transport d'un système à N Corps." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015GRENY007/document.
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Nous étudions plusieurs problémes reliés aux propriétés de transport dans les systèmes corrélés. La thèse contient 3 parties distinctes, chacune d'entre elles décrivant un aspect particulier. Nous avons obtenu dans chacun des cas des résultats qui permettent une meilleure compréhension du transport. Nous étudions l'effet de la dissipation et d'une perturbation extérieure dépendant du temps sur le diagramme de phases d'un systèmes à N corps à température nulle et à température finie. En présence de perturbation dépendant du temps, la dissipation joue un rôle important dans l'évolution vers un état stable indépendant du temps. Nous utilisons le formalisme de Keldysh dans l'approximation adiabatique qui permet d'étudier le diagramme de phases du système en fonction de parameter et de la température. Dans la 2ième partie, nous étudions un concept important pour la physique des systèmes métalliques à plusieurs bandes, le concept d'hybridation, et la façon dont l'hybridation affecte la supraconductivité du métal. De façon générale, une hybridation dépendante ou non du vecteur d'onde k a tendance à détruire la supraconductivité. Nous montrons dans ce chapitre qu'une hybridation antisymétrique a l'effet inverse et renforce la supraconductivité. Nous montrons que si l'hybridation est antisymétrique, la supraconductivité a des propriétés non-triviales. Nous proposons que dans un tel système, il puisse exister des fermions de Majorana, même en l'absence de couplage spin-orbite. Le dernier chapitre de la thèse porte sur les effets du couplage spin-orbite sur le transport dans les nanostructures magnétiques. Dans les nanostructures, le couplage spin-orbite joue un rôle important en raison de la brisure de symmétrie à la surface ou aux interfaces. En particulier, nous étudions l'effet de l'interaction Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) sur le transport de spin dans un système tri-couche. Nous montrons qu'il existe une interaction DM entre les moments des couches et les électrons de conduction, et l'influence de cette interaction sur le transport est étudiée dans un modèle simplifié ou chaque couche est représentée par un pointWe study some important problems related to the transport properties of many body systems. It is divided in three parts, each one focusing in a specific topic. We obtain relevant results that improve our understanding of these systems. We investigate the effect of dissipation and time-dependent external sources, in the phase diagram of a many body system at zero and finite temperature. In the presence of time-dependent perturbations, dissipation is essential for the system to attain a steady, time independent state. In order to treat this time dependent problem, we use a Keldysh approach within an adiabatic approximation that allows us to study the phase diagram of this system as a function of the parameters of the system and temperature. We also discuss the nature of the quantum phase transitions of the system. Next, we study an important concept in the physics of metallic multi-band systems, that of hybridization, and how it affects the superconducting properties of a material. A constant or symmetric $k$-dependent hybridization in general act in detriment of superconductivity. We show here that when hybridization between orbitals in different sites assumes an anti-symmetric character having odd-parity it {it{enhances}} superconductivity. The antisymmetric hybridization in a problem study in this thesis (present in Chapter 3) allow us to propose a new system where it is possible to investigate Majorana fermions, even in absence of spin-orbit interactions. In the last part of this thesis we study the effect of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) on transport properties in magnetic nanostructures. In this system SOC plays an important role, because surfaces (or interfaces) introduce symmetry breaking which is a source of spin-orbit interaction. We study the role of Dzyaloshinshkii-Moriya (DM) interaction on spin-transport in a 3 layer system. We show that there is a DM interaction between magnetics ions in the layers and spin of conduction electrons. We study the influence of this DM interaction on transport within a simple model where each layer is represented by a point
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BRUNO, GIOVANNA. "QUANTUM OBSERVABLES OF OPEN-SHELL SYSTEMS. A THEORETICAL STUDY." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/936434.
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This PhD thesis reports original research results concerning the development of theoretical models and computational protocols for the quantification and analysis of two of the most important quantum observables of open-shell systems: the electron spin density and the phosphorescence energy gap. In the first part, a comprehensive theory of the electron spin density topology
is proposed for the first time [1]. Several new notions (spin density critical points, molecular spin graphs, spin density basins, spin maxima and spin minima joining paths etc.) and descriptors (local and integral spin polarization indeces, basin average spin density etc.) are introduced. This analysis reveals that the spin density topology, based on precise mathematical notions, can unveil precious information on the physical structure of spin-polarized systems. In particular, it enables to describe and quantify spin polarization and delocalization mechanisms and, at the same time, to evaluate the dependence of spin density distributions on the adopted level of theory. In the second part instead, the performance of the domain-based local pair natural orbital (DLPNO) variant of the “gold standard” CCSD(T) method for the prediction of phosphorescence energies of aromatic chromophores is investigated for the first time [2]. An extensive analysis of both accuracy and computational cost of the main parameters of the method (basis set, triples correction approximation, dimension of PNOs space) is conducted. Two procedures, the Gold DLPNO-CCSD(T) aimed at maximizing the accuracy and the Silver DLPNO-CCSD(T) aimed at minimizing the computational cost, which result in an excellent agreement with experimental data, are proposed.
1. G. Bruno, G. Macetti, L. Lo Presti and C. Gatti, “Spin Density Topology,” Molecules, 25, 3537, 2020.
2. G. Bruno, B. de Souza, F. Neese, and G. Bistoni, “Can domain-based local pair natural orbitals approaches accurately predict phosphorescence energies?,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 24, 14228–14241, 2022.
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Bittar, Eduardo Matzenbacher. "Estudo das propriedades físicas locais e globais de compostos intermetálicos cúbicos de terras raras (R) : RT3 (T=Al, Cd, In, Sn)." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/278539.
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Orientador: Pascoal Jose Giglio PagliusoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin
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Resumo: Séries de compostos que apresentam a ocorrência de fenômenos físicos interessantes em materiais estruturalmente simples constituem uma excelente oportunidade para se estudar sistematicamente a inter-relação entre tais fenômenos e suas origens microscópicas, sem se ater a efeitos associados com estruturas cristalinas complexas, de mais baixa simetria. Nesse sentido, esta Tese se propôs a estudar três temas de investigação: o sistema CeIn3-xSnx e o seu análogo não magnético LaIn3-xSnx, o sistema CeIn3-xCdx e o composto YbAl3 e o seu composto de referência LuAl3. O sistema CeIn3-xSnx apresenta um ponto crítico quântico (QCP) em x ? 0.7, onde a ordem antiferromagnética (TN = 10 K no CeIn3) é totalmente suprimida. Para 0.7 < x < 2 os compostos são líquidos de Fermi e a partir de x = 2 apresentam valência intermediária. Nesse sistema, dopado com Gd3+, medidas de ressonância de spin eletrônico (ESR) indicaram que o elétron 4f do Ce passa de um comportamento com momento localizado para itinerante com a dopagem de Sn. Os resultados de ESR do Gd3+ no sistema LaIn3-xSnx foram analisados com um modelo de uma única banda (tipo s) e sem dependência com a transferência de momento. Também investigamos o sistema CeIn3-xCdx através de medidas de susceptibilidade magnética, calor específico e resistividade elétrica. A substituição do In por Cd diminui a TN do CeIn3 e igualmente faz o coeficiente do calor específico eletrônico decrescer, indicando que o sistema não está na direção de um QCP. Os compostos YbAl3 e LuAl3, dopados com Gd3+, também foram estudados por ESR, porém, na análise, utilizou-se um modelo de múltiplas bandas para explicar os resultados. Medidas de calor específico e susceptibilidade magnética, nessas amostras, mostraram que interações de troca elétron-elétron estão presentes em ambos os compostos. Esses resultados microscópicos podem ser importantes em modelos teóricos mais realistas para materiais férmions pesados de valência intermedi'aria a base de Yb
Abstract: Series of compounds which have interesting physical phenomena, occurring in structurally simple materials, provide an excellent opportunity to systematically study the interrelationship between these phenomena and their microscopic origins, without worrying about effects associated with other complex crystal structures of lower symmetry. Thus, this thesis set out to study three research themes: the CeIn3-xSnx system and its nonmagnetic analogue LaIn3-xSnx, the CeIn3-xCdx system and the YbAl3 compound and its reference compound LuAl3. The CeIn3-xSnx system has a quantum critical point (QCP) at x ? 0.7, where the antiferromagnetic order (TN = 10 K in CeIn3) is totally suppressed. For 0.7 < x < 2 the compounds are Fermi liquids and from x = 2 the materials show intermediate valence behavior. In this system, doped with Gd3+, measurements of electron spin resonance (ESR) indicated that the Ce 4f electron presents a crossover between a localized to itinerant behavior with Sn doping. The ESR results of Gd3+ in the LaIn3-xSnx system were analyzed with a single band model (s type) and no q dependence. We also investigated the CeIn3-xCdx system by measuring magnetic susceptibility, specific heat and electrical resistivity proprieties. The substitution of In by Cd decreases the TN of CeIn3 and also decreases the electronic specific heat coefficient, indicating that the system is not being tuned to a QCP. The YbAl3 and LuAl3 compounds, doped with Gd3+, were also studied by ESR, but in the analysis, we used multiband model to explain the results. Specific heat and magnetic susceptibility measurements in these samples showed that electron-electron exchange interactions are present in both compounds. These ESR results may be relevant to construct more realistic models of the microscopic behavior of other heavy fermion-based intermediate valence Yb compounds
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Física da Matéria Condensada
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Faulhaber, Enrico. "Untersuchung der magnetischen Eigenschaften von CeCu2(Si1-xGex)2 mittels Neutronenstreuung." Doctoral thesis, Technische Universität Dresden, 2007. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A23704.
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1979 wurde mit CeCu2Si2 erstmalig ein Schwere-Fermionen-Supraleiter entdeckt. Diese Verbindung, entdeckt von Steglich und Mitarbeitern, befindet sich nahe an einem quantenkritischen Punkt, an dem die magnetische Ordnung gerade unterdrückt wird. Der Abstand zu diesem Punkt kann sowohl durch Druck als auch durch Germaniumsubstitution auf dem Siliziumplatz variiert werden. Dabei treten neben der Supraleitung in CeCu2Si2 auch verschiedene magnetische Phasen bei höherem Germaniumgehalt auf. CeCu2Si2 ordnet magnetisch unterhalb von TN = 0.8 K in einer Spindichtewelle, während das Schwere-Fermionen-System CeCu2Ge2 unterhalb von TN = 4.1 K antiferromagnetisch ordnet. In dieser Arbeit wurde die Substitutionsreihe CeCu2(Si1-xGex)2 mittels Neutronendiffraktion untersucht. Ausgehend von Proben mit hohem Germaniumgehalt von x = 0.45, deren magnetische Struktur detailliert untersucht wurde, wurden schrittweise die Eigenschaften von Proben mit kleinerem x erschlossen, um schließlich die (bis dato unbekannte) magnetische Struktur in CeCu2Si2 aufzuklären. Weiterhin wurden Untersuchungen zumWechselspiel zwischenMagnetismus und Supraleitung durchgeführt. Hierzu wurde mit einem selbstentwickelten Aufbau dieWechselfeldsuszeptibilität simultan zu den Diffraktionsexperimenten aufgezeichnet. Durch die direkte Korrelation konnte nachgewiesen werden, dass in CeCu2Si2 keine mikroskopische Koexistenz von Supraleitung und magnetischer Ordnung vorliegt, sondern mikroskopische Phasenseparation. - Die Arbeit ist auch über den Cuvillier-Verlag; Nonnenstieg 8; 37075 Göttingen mit der ISBN 978-3-86727-587-3 erhältlich.In 1979 the first heavy-fermion superconductor CeCu2Si2 was discovered by Steglich et al. The system is near a quantum critical point (QCP), where the magnetic order is just suppressed. The distance to the QCP can be variied with hydrostatic pressure as well as by germanium substitution on the silicon site. Next to the superconductivity in CeCu2Si2 one finds distinct magnetic phases while increasing the germanium content. CeCu2Si2 shows a magnetic order of a spin-density-type below TN = 0.8 K, whereas the heavy fermion system CeCu2Ge2 orders below TN = 4.1 K as an antiferromagnet. The focus of this thesis is on neutron-diffraction in the system CeCu2(Si1-xGex)2. Starting with a sample with a high germanium content of x = 0.45, the magnetic structures are investigated in detail. Following a step-by-step approach, samples with reduced x are investigated subsequently to figure out the properties of pure CeCu2Si2, which were not accessible before. Furthermore, the complex interaction between magnetism and superconductivity is investigated in detail. Using a specially designed setup, the ac-susceptibility could be recorded simultaneously during the neutron diffraction experiments. Due to the direct correlation between antiferromagnetic signals and diamagnetic features, the microscopic coexistence of superconductivity and magnetic order can be ruled out. Instead, a phase separation on the microscopic scale is found. - The thesis is also available from the publisher Cuvillier-Verlag; Nonnenstieg 8; 37075 Göttingen under the ISBN 978-3-86727-587-3.
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Gruner, Thomas. "Neuartige RET2(Sn,In)-Systeme." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-205468.
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Die vorliegenden Dissertation berichtet von der Entdeckung ungewöhnlicher magnetischer, elektronischer und struktureller Eigenschaften in einer Reihe von neuen intermetallischen Verbindungen auf Selten-Erd-Basis. Die untersuchten Systeme vom Typ RET2X bestehen aus den Selten-Erd-Elementen (RE) Yb oder Lu, den Übergangsmetallen (T) Pt oder Pd sowie den weiteren Liganden (X) Sn oder In. Die Synthese der verwendeten Proben, deren kristallografische Analyse und die Untersuchung ihrer physikalischen Eigenschaften werden im Detail vorgestellt. Diese Arbeit liefert Resultate, die sowohl für die Grundlagenforschung als auch für technische Anwendungen eine große Relevanz besitzen.
Die Untersuchungen der neuen Verbindungen YbPt2Sn und YbPt2In zeigen, dass die magnetische Kopplung zwischen benachbarten Yb-Ionen extrem schwach ist. Dies führt zu einem riesigen magnetokalorischen Effekt im Bereich von 0.05 K bis 2 K. Damit besitzen beide metallischen Materialien optimale Eigenschaften, um als Kühlkörper in Entmagnetisierungskryostaten Verwendung zu finden. Zwei zu Testzwecken aufgebaute Kühleinsätze auf YbPt2Sn-Basis bestätigen die Eignung dieser Verbindung als metallisches Kühlmaterial.
Die Untersuchungen der Substitutionsreihe Lu(Pt1-xPdx)2In offenbaren einen Ladungsdichtewelle (CDW)-Phasenübergang mit außergewöhnlichen Eigenschaften. Im Gegensatz zu Beobachtungen in den meisten anderen bekannten CDW-Systemen ist der Übergang in LuPt2In kontinuierlich, d. h. zweiter Ordnung. Durch Ersetzen von Pt mit isovalenten Pd kann die Übergangstemperatur T_CDW kontinuierlich zum absoluten Temperaturnullpunkt geführt werden. Die beobachteten Eigenschaften zeigen, dass der Phasenübergang dabei zweiter Ordnung bleibt. Damit wird experimentell bewiesen, dass Lu(Pt1-xPdx)2In eines der seltenen Systeme ist, in denen ein CDW quantenkritischer Punkt in Erscheinung tritt. Noch außergewöhnlicher ist die Beobachtung von Supraleitung mit einem ausgeprägten Maximum in der Sprungtemperatur T_c genau am quantenkritischen Punkt. Das deutet auf eine neuartige Kopplung zwischen quantenkritischer CDW und Supraleitung hin.
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Lausberg, Stefan. "Quantenkritikalität in ferromagnetisch korrelierten Cer- und Ytterbium-basierten Schwere-Fermionen-Systemen." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-120702.
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In dieser Arbeit werden quantenkritische Phänomene der ferromagnetisch stark korrelierten Schwere-Fermionen-Systeme YbRh2Si2, YbNi4P2 und CeFePO untersucht. Hierzu sind Messungen des elektrischen Widerstands und der AC-Suszeptibilität durchgeführt worden.
Das System YbRh2Si2 besitzt einen antiferromagnetischen Phasenübergang bei TN = 0.07 K. Die Verletzung des Wiedemann-Franz-Gesetzes an seinem Magnetfeld-induzierten quantenkritischen Punkt kann indirekt durch neue Widerstandsmessungen bestätigt werden. Mit den Substitutionen Yb(Rh1-xCox)2Si2, Yb(Rh1-yIry)2Si2 und Yb1-zLazRh2Si2 kann die Übergangstemperatur erhöht oder erniedrigt werden. Dadurch lässt sich sowohl ein weiterer quantenkritischer Punkt erreichen als auch das Verhältnis zwischen ferromagnetischen und antiferromagnetischen Korrelationen einstellen. Das durch chemische Substitution erzeugte magnetische Phasendiagramm wird detailliert untersucht. Es wird gezeigt, dass die zunehmenden ferromagnetischen Fluktuationen mit steigender Cobalt-Konzentration zu einem ferromagnetischen Phasenübergang bei x = 0.27 führen. Die magnetischen Momente ordnen entlang der magnetisch harten c-Richtung.
Das neue Schwere-Fermionen-System YbNi4P2 besitzt einen, im Rahmen dieser Arbeit entdeckten, ferromagnetischen Phasenübergang bei der erstaunlich niedrigen Curie-Temperatur TC = 0.17 K. Es werden weiterführende Messungen an Einkristallen durchgeführt, die zeigen, dass die Momente senkrecht zur magnetisch weichen c-Richtung ordnen. Erste Hinweise auf einen Magnetfeld-induzierten ferromagnetischen quantenkritischen Punkt werden gefunden.
Das Schwere-Fermionen-System CeFePO befindet sich in der Nähe einer ferromagnetischen Instabilität, die durch Arsen-Substitution auf dem Phosphor-Platz erreicht werden kann. Bisher ging man davon aus, dass CeFePO selbst paramagnetisch ist. In dieser Arbeit wird eine Anomalie bei T ~ 0.7 K in kürzlich hergestellten Proben als kurzreichweitige Ordnung identifiziert. Es kann gezeigt werden, dass es sich damit um eine neuartige Art und Weise handelt, wie ein ferromagnetischer quantenkritischer Punkt umgangen wird.
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Faulhaber, Enrico. "Untersuchung der magnetischen Eigenschaften von CeCu2(Si1-xGex)2 mittels Neutronenstreuung." Doctoral thesis, Göttingen Cuvillier, 2008. http://d-nb.info/98903660X/04.
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Tshabalala, Kamohelo George. "Electrical resistivity of the kondo systems (Ce1−xREx)In3, RE = Gd, Tb, Dy AND Ce(Pt1−xNix)Si2." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3789.
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>Magister Scientiae - MScThe present study investigates the strength of the hybridization by substituting Ce atom in Kondo lattice CeIn3 with Gd, Tb, and Dy and by changing the chemical environment around the Ce atom in substituting Pt with Ni in CePtSi2. This thesis covers four chapters outline as follows: Chapter 1 introduces the theoretical background in rare earths elements, and an overview of the physics of heavy-fermion and Kondo systems. Chapter 2 presents the experimental details used in this thesis. Chapter 3 report the effect of substituting Ce with moment bearing rare-earth elements RE = Gd, Tb and Dy in CeIn3, through x-ray diffraction (XRD) and electrical resistivity measurements
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Pedrero, Ojeda Luis. "Magnetization Study of the Heavy-Fermion System Yb(Rh1-xCox)2Si2 and of the Quantum Magnet NiCl2-4SC(NH2)2." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-115938.
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This thesis presents a comprehensive study of the magnetic properties and of quantum phase transitions (QPTs) of two different systems which have been investigated by means of low-temperature magnetization measurements. The systems are the heavy-fermion Yb(Rh1-xCox)2Si2 (metallic) and the quantum magnet NiCl2-4SC(NH2)2 (insulator). Although they are very different materials, they share two common properties: magnetism and QPTs. Magnetism originates in Yb(Rh1-xCox)2Si2 from the trivalent state of the Yb3+ ions with effective spin S = 1=2. In NiCl2-4SC(NH2)2, the magnetic Ni2+ ions have spin S = 1. These magnetic ions are located on a body-centered tetragonal lattice in both systems and, in this study, the QPTs are induced by an external magnetic field.
In Yb(Rh1-xCox)2Si2 the evolution of magnetism from itinerant in slightly Co-doped YbRh2Si2 to local in YbCo2Si2 is examined analyzing the magnetic moment versus chemical pressure x phase diagram in high-quality single crystals, which indicates a continuous change of dominating energy scale from the Kondo to the RKKY one. The physics of the antiferromagnet YbCo2Si2 can be completely understood. On the other hand, the physics of pure and slightly Co-containing YbRh2Si2 is much more complex, due to the itinerant character of magnetism and the vicinity of the system to an unconventional quantum critical point (QCP). The field-induced AFM QCP in Yb(Rh0.93Co0.07)2Si2 and in pure YbRh2Si2 under a pressure of 1.5GPa is characterized by means of the magnetic Grüneisen ratio. The final part of this thesis describes quantum criticality near the field-induced QCP in NiCl2-4SC(NH2)2 .
These results will be compared to the theory of QPTs in Ising and XY antiferromagnets. Since the XY -AFM ordering can be described as BEC of magnons by mapping the spin-1 system into a gas of hardcore bosons, the temperature dependence of the magnetization for a BEC is analytically derived and compared to the results just below the critical field. The remarkable agreement between the BEC theory and experiments in this quantum magnet is one of the most prominent examples of the concept of universality.
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Bakrim, Hassan. "Étude des transitions de Peierls dans les systèmes unidimensionnels et quasi-unidimensionnels." Thèse, Université de Sherbrooke, 2010. http://savoirs.usherbrooke.ca/handle/11143/5140.
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We studied the structural instabilities of one-dimensional (1D) and quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) electron-phonon systems at low temperature through two models, SuSchrieffer-Heeger (SSH) and molecular crystal (CM) with and without spin. The phase diagrams are obtained using a Kadanoff-Wilson renormalization group approach (GR). For the 1D half-filled system the study of the frequency dependence of the electronic gap allowed us to connect continuously the two limits, adiabatic and non-adiabatic. The Peierls and Cooper channels interference and the quantum fluctuations reduce the gap. A regime change occurs when the frequency becomes of the order of mean field gap, marking a quantum-classical crossover that is the Kosterlitz-Thouless type. At this level, the effective coupling behaves in power law function on frequency. For the case with spin, a gapped Peierls state is maintained in the non-adiabatic limit, while for the case without spin, the system transits to ungapped disordered state, namely the Luttinger liquid stat (LL). For the SSH model without spin, the GR confirms the existence of a threshold phonon coupling beyond which the gap is restored. The study of the rigidities of the two models without spin allowed us to trace the main features of the LL state predicted by the bosonization method. The study of the Holstein-Hubbard model has allowed us not only to reproduce the phase diagrams already obtained by the Monte Carlo method, but to highlight two additional phases, namely, free fermions phase and the bond charge-density-wave phase. We have extended this study to the quarter-filled Q1D Peierls systems at finite temperature. Within the SSH model, an unconventional superconducting phase with spin singlet symmetry SS-s emerges at low temperature when the deviation to the perfect nesting of the Fermi surface is strong enough. Peierls-SS transition is characterized by the presence of a quantum critical point at low frequency and by a power law behavior of the transition temperature as a function of frequency with an exponent identical to one of 1D system. This exponent which universality has been verified contrasts with the BCS result. Coulomb interactions have been introduced through the study of the extended SSH-Hubbard model. The extension of this work to half-filled SSH and CM cases was also performed.
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Karahasanovic, Una. "Fluctuation-driven phase reconstruction at itinerant ferromagnetic quantum critical points." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3188.
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The formation of new phases close to itinerant electron quantum critical points has been observed experimentally in many compounds. We present a unified analytical model that explains the emergence of new types of phases around itinerant ferromagnetic quantum critical points. The central idea of our analysis is that certain deformations of the Fermi surface enhance the phase-space available for low-energy quantum fluctuations and so self-consistently lower the free energy. Using this quantum order-by-disorder mechanism, we find instabilities towards the formation of a spiral ferromagnet and spin-nematic phase close to an itinerant ferromagnetic quantum critical point. Further, we employ the quantum order-by-disorder mechanism to describe the partially ordered phase of MnSi. Using the simplest model of a Stoner-like helimagnetic transition, we show that quantum fluctuations naturally lead to the formation of an unusual phase near to the putative quantum critical point that shares many of the observed features of the partially ordered phase in MnSi. In particular, we predict an angular dependence of neutron scattering that is in good agreement with neutron-scattering data.
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Wensley, Joanne Ruth. "High pressure studies on magnetic metals near quantum critical points." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609926.
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Crow, Daniel. "Emergent universality and quantum critical points in multi-orbital Anderson models." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/12806.
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We apply a joint Renormalised Perturbation Theory and Numerical Renormalisation Group approach to the study of an n-orbital Anderson Model with a Hund's Rule Coupling. We apply the same methods to the analysis of a two-impurity Anderson model, and find the emergence of a single renormalised energy scale on the approach to two types of quantum critical point, such that it is possible to characterise the low energy physics in terms of this energy scale alone.
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Hüsges, Anna Zita. "Probing magnetic fluctuations close to quantum critical points by neutron scattering." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-204647.
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Second-order phase transitions involve critical fluctuations just below and above the transition temperature. Macroscopically, they manifest in the power-law behaviour of many physical properties such as the susceptibility and the specific heat. The power-laws are predicted to be universal, i.e. the same exponents are expected for a certain class of transitions irrespective of the microscopic details of the system. The underlying commonality of such transitions is the divergence of the correlation length ξ and the correlation time ξ_τ of the critical fluctuations at the transition temperature. Both ξ and ξ_τ can be directly observed by neutron scattering experiments, making them an ideal tool for the study of critical phenomena.
At classical phase transitions, the critical fluctuations will be thermal in nature. However, if a second-order transition occurs at T = 0, thermal fluctuations are frozen, and the transition is driven by quantum fluctuations instead. This is called a quantum critical point. The quantum nature of the fluctuations influences observable properties, also at finite temperatures, and causes unusual behaviour in the vicinity of the quantum critical point or the existence of exotic phases, e.g. unconventional superconductivity. Heavy-fermion compounds are a class of materials that is well suited for the study of quantum criticality. They frequently show second-order transitions into a magnetically ordered state at very low temperatures, which can easily be tuned to T = 0 by the application of pressure, magnetic fields or element substitution.
In this thesis, fluctuations near a quantum critical point are investigated for three heavy-fermion systems. CeCu2Si2 shows unconventional superconductivity close to an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point. Results from single-crystal neutron spectroscopy and thermodynamic measurements are discussed and some details are also given about the synthesis of large single crystals. The focus of the study is the comparison of the inelastic response of magnetic and superconducting samples, which are found to be very similar for ΔE > 0.2 meV.
CePdAl has an antiferromagnetic state with partial magnetic frustration. The ordering temperature can be suppressed by Ni substitution towards a quantum critical point. Single-crystal neutron diffraction experiments of three members of the substitution series were analysed. They revealed several unusual effects of the frustrated state in the pure sample, and show that magnetic order and frustration persist in the substituted samples.
YbNi4P2 is a rare example of a compound with ferromagnetic quantum criticality, which has only been studied in the last few years. The aim of the powder neutron spectroscopy experiments presented here was to obtain an overview of the relevant energy scales, i.e. the crystal electric field, local magnetic fluctuations and ferromagnetic fluctuations. Simulations using the program McPhase were performed for a thorough understanding of the crystal electric field.
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Heath, Joshuah. "Novel metallic behavior in topologically non-trivial, quantum critical, and low-dimensional matter:." Thesis, Boston College, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109180.
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Thesis advisor: Kevin S. BedellWe present several results based upon non-trivial extensions of Landau-Fermi liquid theory. First proposed in the mid-20th century, the Fermi liquid approach assumes an adiabatic “switching-on” of the interaction, which allows one to describe the collective excitations of the many-body system in terms of weakly-interacting quasiparticles and quasiholes. At its core, Landau-Fermi liquid theory is often considered a perturbative approach to study the equilibrium thermodynamics and out-of-equilibrium response of weakly-correlated itinerant fermions, and therefore non-trivial extensions and consequences are usually overlooked in the contemporary literature. Instead, more emphasis is often placed on the breakdown of Fermi liquid theory, either due to strong correlations, quantum critical fluctuations, or dimensional constraints. After a brief introduction to the theory of a Fermi liquid, I will first apply the Landau quasiparticle paradigm to the theory of itinerant Majorana-like fermions. Defined as fermionic particles which are their own anti-particle, traditional Majorana zero modes found in topological materials lack a coherent number operator, and therefore do not support a Fermi liquid-like ground state. To remedy this, we will apply a combinatorical approach to build a statistical theory of self-conjugate particles, explicitly showing that, under this definition, a filled Fermi surface exists at zero temperature. Landau-Fermi liquid theory is then used to describe the interacting phase of these Majorana particles, from which we find unique signatures of zero sound in addition to exotic, non-analytic contributions to the specific heat. The latter is then exploited as a “smoking-gun” signature for Majorana-like excitations in the candidate Kitaev material Ag3LiIr2O6, where experimental measurements show good agreement with a sharply-defined, “Majorana-Fermi surface” predicted in the underlying combinatorial treatment. I will then depart from Fermi liquid theory proper to tackle the necessary conditions for the applicability of Luttinger’s theorem. In a nutshell, Luttinger’s theorem is a powerful theorem which states that the volume of phase space contained in the Fermi surface is invariant with respect to interaction strength. In this way, whereas Fermi liquid only describes fermionic excitations near the Fermi surface, Luttinger’s theorem describes the fermionic degrees of freedom throughout the entire Fermi sphere. We will show that Luttinger’s theorem remains valid only for certain frequency and momentum-dependencies of the self-energy, which correlate to the exis- tence of a generalized Fermi surface. In addition, we will show that the existence of a power-law Green’s function (a unique feature of “un-particle” systems and a proposed characteristic of the pseudo-gap phase of the cuprate superconductors) forces Luttinger’s theorem and Fermi liquid theory to be mutually exclusive for any non-trivial power of the Feynman propagator. Finally, we will return to Landau-Fermi liquid theory, and close with novel out-of-equilibrium behavior and stability in unconventional Fermi liquids. First, we will consider a perfectly two- dimensional Fermi liquid. Due to the reduction in dimension, the traditional mode expansion in terms of Legendre polynomials is modified to an expansion in terms of Chebyshev polynomials. The resulting orthogonality conditions greatly modifies the stability and collective modes in the 2D system. Second, we will look at a Fermi liquid in the presence of a non-trivial gauge field. The existence of a gauge field will effectively shift the Fermi surface in momentum space, resulting in, once again, a modified stability condition for the underlying Fermi liquid. Supplemented with a modernized version of Mermin’s condition for the propagation of zero sound, we outline the full effects a spin symmetric or anti-symmetric gauge would have on a Fermi liquid ground state
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2021
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Physics
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Einenkel, Matthias [Verfasser], Konstantin [Akademischer Betreuer] Efetov, and Ilya [Akademischer Betreuer] Eremin. "Superconductivity and competing orders at magnetic quantum critical points / Matthias Einenkel. Gutachter: Konstantin Efetov ; Ilya Eremin." Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1089005857/34.
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Langhammer, Christoph. "Kalorimetrische Untersuchungen zu Magnetismus, Supraleitung und Nicht-Fermi-Flüssigkeits-Effekten in Systemen mit starken Elektronenkorrelationen." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2000. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-991032056140-31582.
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Die Arbeit befaßt sich mit der Messung und Analyse der spezifischen Wärme verschiedener stark korrelierter Elektronensysteme bei tiefen Temperaturen und hohen Magnetfeldern. Zunächst wird der im Rahmen dieser Arbeit verwendete, auf der Meßmethode der thermischen Relaxation beruhende Aufbau des Kalorimeters (Einsatzbereich 0.05K<T<4K und 0<B<12T) ausführlich erläutert. Danach werden die Ergebnisse von Messungen an den drei Schwere-Fermionen-Verbindungen CeCu2Si2, CeNi2Ge2 und YbRh2Si2 dargelegt. Wenngleich alle drei Systeme bei tiefen Temperaturen durch den für Schwere-Fermionen-Systeme charakteristischen, stark erhöhten elektronischen Beitrag zur spezifischen Wärme gekennzeichnet sind zeigen sich deutliche Unterschiede im beobachteten Grundzustandsverhalten. An CeCu2Si2 wird die für T<1K auftretende Konkurrenz zwischen einem supraleitenden und einem magnetischen Grundzustand ausführlich studiert. In YbRh2Si2 zeigt sich bei einer für 4f-Systeme bemerkenswert tiefen Temperatur von ca. 70mK ein Übergang in eine magnetische Phase, während der Grundzustand von CeNi2Ge2 wegen stark ausgeprägter Probenabhängigkeiten immer noch kontrovers diskutiert wird. Des weiteren zeigen alle drei Verbindungen deutliche Abweichungen vom Verhalten einer Fermi-Flüssigkeit. Die Theorie der Fermi-Flüssigkeit hat sich für metallische Verbindungen als sehr erfolgreich auch bei der Beschreibung des Verhaltens eines Systems aus stark wechselwirkenden Ladungsträgern erwiesen. Warum diese Theorie auf die untersuchten Verbindungen nicht anwendbar zu sein scheint, wird im Rahmen moderner Modellvorstellungen wie z. B. der Nähe zu einem quantenkritischen Punkt diskutiert. Die an Sr2RuO4, dem ersten Kupfer-freien Perowskit Supraleiter, durchgeführten Messungen der spezifischen Wärme dokumentieren das Auftreten von zwei Zusatzbeiträgen für T<Tc, die eine Interpretation der spezifischen Wärme des supraleitenden Zustands von Sr2RuO4 im Hinblick auf die Topologie des Ordnungsparameters deutlich erschweren.
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Hüsges, Anna Zita [Verfasser], Oliver [Akademischer Betreuer] [Gutachter] Stockert, Michael [Gutachter] Loewenhaupt, and Löhneysen Hilbert [Gutachter] von. "Probing magnetic fluctuations close to quantum critical points by neutron scattering / Anna Zita Hüsges. Betreuer: Oliver Stockert. Gutachter: Oliver Stockert ; Michael Loewenhaupt ; Hilbert von Löhneysen." Dresden : Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1107983118/34.
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Hüsges, Anna Zita [Verfasser], Oliver Akademischer Betreuer] [Gutachter] Stockert, Michael [Gutachter] [Loewenhaupt, and Hilbert von [Gutachter] Löhneysen. "Probing magnetic fluctuations close to quantum critical points by neutron scattering / Anna Zita Hüsges. Betreuer: Oliver Stockert. Gutachter: Oliver Stockert ; Michael Loewenhaupt ; Hilbert von Löhneysen." Dresden : Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1107983118/34.
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Erman, Marko. "L'éllipsométrie spectroscopique à haute résolution latérale : modélisation, application aux surfaces, interfaces et puits quantiques dans le matériaux semi-conducteur III-V." Paris 6, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA066400.
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Etude théorique et expérimentale de l'application de la méthode aux semi-conducteurs III-V et en particulier à l'analyse des interfaces. Etude des systèmes GaAlAs/GaAs et GaInAs/InP. Détermination simultanée de l'épaisseur des couches et de l'énergie de localisation pour les différentes transitions optiques, dans le cas de puits quantiques et de super-réseaux; effets dus au couplage entre les puits quantiques. Obtention de cartographies avec une résolution optique de 10mu m. Le traitement théorique des images ellipsométriques est base sur le concept de trajectoires.
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Rabambi, Teflon Phumudzo. "Non-fermi liquid fixed point in a Wilsonian theory of quantum critical metals." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/18572.
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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of requirements for the degree of Master of Science. Johannesburg, 2015.Recently there has been signi cant interest in new types of metals called non-Fermi liquids, which cannot be described by Landau Fermi liquid theory. Landau Fermi liquid theory is a theoretical model used to describe low energy interacting fermions or quasiparticles. There is a growing interest in constructing an e ective eld theory for these types of metals. One of the paradigms to understand these metals is by the use of Wilsonian renormalization group (RG) to study a theoretical toy model consisting of fermions coupled to a gapless order parameter eld. Here we will study fermions coupled to gapless bosons (order parameter) below the upper critical dimension (d = 3). We will treat both fermions and bosons on equal footing and construct an e ective eld theory which only integrates out high momentum modes. Then we compute the one-loop RG ows for the Yukawa coupling and four-Fermi interaction. We will discuss log2 and log3 subleties associated with the one loop RG ows for the four-Fermi interaction and how they can be circumvented.
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Radu, Maria Teodora [Verfasser]. "Thermodynamic characterization of heavy fermion systems and low dimensional quantum magnets near a quantum critical point / von Maria Teodora Radu." 2005. http://d-nb.info/976952661/34.
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Andrade, Jaime Manuel Maia. "A critical analysis of the quantum point contact model of conduction in Ta2O5-based resistive switching memories." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/26119.
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Redox-based resistive random access memories (ReRAMs) are promising candidates to implement a new class of memories, called storage class memories (SCMs). These are meant to achieve small latency times, at an affordable price, fitting in between Flash memories and dynamic RAMs (DRAMs). ReRAMs are also being applied in the neural network field of research, given their ability to emulate synaptic plasticity.Thus, there is a growing interest in studying this class of devices, known as memristive, or resistive switching, devices.
This work focuses on the conduction mechanisms proposed to model the electrical current in RS devices. One in particular, called quantum point contact (QPC), was studied in depth. With this intent, a Pt/Ta/Ta2O5/Pt memrisive device was studied, and current-voltage (𝐼−𝑉) curves for both resistance states obtained. This was repeated for various values of applied current compliance. A mathematical method for applying the QPC model was then developed, involving the Gauss-Newton and Levenberg-Marquardt algorithms. The latter was used with a heuristic approach to the regularization weight, to facilitate its application en masse. The convergence rates, influence of starting parameters and goodness of fit were all measured and accounted for in developing this approach.
Two approximations of this model were considered. In the first, only the first subband in the conducting channel contributes to the conduction. In the second, the barrier height is fixed, in addition to the first approximation. The original model was found to be hard to apply: the starting parameters had a large influence on the fitting results, and the algorithm was not robust. The first approximation was able to provide good fits to the data, and to do so better than the other conduction mechanisms considered. However, its physical basis was criticized, and certain considerations in interpreting the results must be taken. The second approximation was argued against. It was able to provide adequate fits to the experimental data, but the parameters’ evolution failed to match the model’s predictions.As memórias resistivas de acesso aleatório baseadas em redox (redox-based resistive random access memories, ou ReRAMs) são candidatas promissoras para implementar uma nova classe de memórias, denominadas memórias de classe de armazenamento (storage class memories, ou SCMs). Estas destinam-se a alcançar baixos tempos de latência, a um preço acessível, encaixando-se entre as memórias Flash e as RAMs dinâmicas (dynamic RAMs, ou DRAMs). ReRAMs também estão a ser aplicadas no campo de pesquisa de redes neurais, dada a sua capacidade de emular a plasticidade sinática. Como tal, há um interesse crescente em estudar esta classe de dispositivos, conhecidos como dispositivos memristivos, ou com comutação resistiva (resistive switching, ou RS). Este trabalho foca-se nos mecanismos de condução propostos para modelar a corrente elétrica em células com RS. Um em particular, denominado contacto de ponta quântico (quantum point contact, ou QPC), foi estudado em profundidade. Para tal, um dispositivo memristivo de Pt/Ta/Ta2O5/Pt foi estudado, e curvas de corrente-tensão (𝐼−𝑉) obtidas para ambos os estados de resistência. Isto foi repetido para vários valores da conformidade de corrente aplicada. Um método matemático para aplicação do modelo QPC foi então desenvolvido, envolvendo o uso dos algoritmos de Gauss-Newton e Levenberg-Marquardt. Este último foi utilizado com uma abordagem heurística para o peso de regularização, de forma a facilitar a sua aplicação em massa. As taxas de convergência, influência dos parâmetros iniciais e adequação do ajuste foram todas medidas e contabilizadas no desenvolvimento desta abordagem. Duas aproximações deste modelo foram consideradas. Na primeira, apenas a primeira subbanda no canal condutor contribui para a condução. Na segunda, a altura da barreira é fixa, para além da primeira aproximação. Determinou-se que o modelo original era difícil de aplicar: os parâmetros iniciais apresentaram uma grande influência nos resultados do ajuste, e o algoritmo não foi robusto. A primeira aproximação foi capaz de fornecer bons ajustes aos dados, e de fazê-lo melhor do que os outros mecanismos de condução considerados. Contudo, a sua base física foi criticada, e certas considerações na interpretação dos resultados devem ser tomadas. Argumentou-se contra a segunda aproximação. Esta foi capaz de fornecer ajustes adequados aos dados experimentais, mas a evolução dos parâmetros não correspondeu às previsões do modelo.
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Gruner, Thomas. "Neuartige RET2(Sn,In)-Systeme: Außergewöhnliche magnetische und elektronische Eigenschaften." Doctoral thesis, 2015. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A29636.
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Die vorliegenden Dissertation berichtet von der Entdeckung ungewöhnlicher magnetischer, elektronischer und struktureller Eigenschaften in einer Reihe von neuen intermetallischen Verbindungen auf Selten-Erd-Basis. Die untersuchten Systeme vom Typ RET2X bestehen aus den Selten-Erd-Elementen (RE) Yb oder Lu, den Übergangsmetallen (T) Pt oder Pd sowie den weiteren Liganden (X) Sn oder In. Die Synthese der verwendeten Proben, deren kristallografische Analyse und die Untersuchung ihrer physikalischen Eigenschaften werden im Detail vorgestellt. Diese Arbeit liefert Resultate, die sowohl für die Grundlagenforschung als auch für technische Anwendungen eine große Relevanz besitzen.
Die Untersuchungen der neuen Verbindungen YbPt2Sn und YbPt2In zeigen, dass die magnetische Kopplung zwischen benachbarten Yb-Ionen extrem schwach ist. Dies führt zu einem riesigen magnetokalorischen Effekt im Bereich von 0.05 K bis 2 K. Damit besitzen beide metallischen Materialien optimale Eigenschaften, um als Kühlkörper in Entmagnetisierungskryostaten Verwendung zu finden. Zwei zu Testzwecken aufgebaute Kühleinsätze auf YbPt2Sn-Basis bestätigen die Eignung dieser Verbindung als metallisches Kühlmaterial.
Die Untersuchungen der Substitutionsreihe Lu(Pt1-xPdx)2In offenbaren einen Ladungsdichtewelle (CDW)-Phasenübergang mit außergewöhnlichen Eigenschaften. Im Gegensatz zu Beobachtungen in den meisten anderen bekannten CDW-Systemen ist der Übergang in LuPt2In kontinuierlich, d. h. zweiter Ordnung. Durch Ersetzen von Pt mit isovalenten Pd kann die Übergangstemperatur T_CDW kontinuierlich zum absoluten Temperaturnullpunkt geführt werden. Die beobachteten Eigenschaften zeigen, dass der Phasenübergang dabei zweiter Ordnung bleibt. Damit wird experimentell bewiesen, dass Lu(Pt1-xPdx)2In eines der seltenen Systeme ist, in denen ein CDW quantenkritischer Punkt in Erscheinung tritt. Noch außergewöhnlicher ist die Beobachtung von Supraleitung mit einem ausgeprägten Maximum in der Sprungtemperatur T_c genau am quantenkritischen Punkt. Das deutet auf eine neuartige Kopplung zwischen quantenkritischer CDW und Supraleitung hin.:Einleitung
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2 YbPt2Sn und YbPt2In
3 Adiabatische Entmagnetisierung von YbPt2Sn
4 Struktureller quantenkritischer Punkt in Lu(Pt1-xPdx)2In
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Hüsges, Anna Zita. "Probing magnetic fluctuations close to quantum critical points by neutron scattering." Doctoral thesis, 2015. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A29602.
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Second-order phase transitions involve critical fluctuations just below and above the transition temperature. Macroscopically, they manifest in the power-law behaviour of many physical properties such as the susceptibility and the specific heat. The power-laws are predicted to be universal, i.e. the same exponents are expected for a certain class of transitions irrespective of the microscopic details of the system. The underlying commonality of such transitions is the divergence of the correlation length ξ and the correlation time ξ_τ of the critical fluctuations at the transition temperature. Both ξ and ξ_τ can be directly observed by neutron scattering experiments, making them an ideal tool for the study of critical phenomena.
At classical phase transitions, the critical fluctuations will be thermal in nature. However, if a second-order transition occurs at T = 0, thermal fluctuations are frozen, and the transition is driven by quantum fluctuations instead. This is called a quantum critical point. The quantum nature of the fluctuations influences observable properties, also at finite temperatures, and causes unusual behaviour in the vicinity of the quantum critical point or the existence of exotic phases, e.g. unconventional superconductivity. Heavy-fermion compounds are a class of materials that is well suited for the study of quantum criticality. They frequently show second-order transitions into a magnetically ordered state at very low temperatures, which can easily be tuned to T = 0 by the application of pressure, magnetic fields or element substitution.
In this thesis, fluctuations near a quantum critical point are investigated for three heavy-fermion systems. CeCu2Si2 shows unconventional superconductivity close to an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point. Results from single-crystal neutron spectroscopy and thermodynamic measurements are discussed and some details are also given about the synthesis of large single crystals. The focus of the study is the comparison of the inelastic response of magnetic and superconducting samples, which are found to be very similar for ΔE > 0.2 meV.
CePdAl has an antiferromagnetic state with partial magnetic frustration. The ordering temperature can be suppressed by Ni substitution towards a quantum critical point. Single-crystal neutron diffraction experiments of three members of the substitution series were analysed. They revealed several unusual effects of the frustrated state in the pure sample, and show that magnetic order and frustration persist in the substituted samples.
YbNi4P2 is a rare example of a compound with ferromagnetic quantum criticality, which has only been studied in the last few years. The aim of the powder neutron spectroscopy experiments presented here was to obtain an overview of the relevant energy scales, i.e. the crystal electric field, local magnetic fluctuations and ferromagnetic fluctuations. Simulations using the program McPhase were performed for a thorough understanding of the crystal electric field.
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Fischer, Inga Anita [Verfasser]. "Metallic magnets without inversion symmetry and antiferromagnetic quantum critical points / vorgelegt von Inga Anita Fischer." 2006. http://d-nb.info/981642721/34.
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Stingl, Christian. "Symmetriebrechende Gitterverzerrung in einer elektronischen nematischen Phase." Doctoral thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-B4F5-2.
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