Publications (175)
Structure and transport in multi-orbital Kondo systems
J. Kroha, S. Kirchner, G. Sellier +5
We consider Kondo impurity systems with multiple local orbitals, such as rare earth ions in a metallic host or multi--level quantum dots coupled to metallic leads. It is shown that…
High Resolution Photoemission Study on Low-T_K Ce Systems: Kondo Resonance, Crystal Field Structures, and their Temperature Dependence
D. Ehm, S. H"ufner, F. Reinert +5
We present a high-resolution photoemission study on the strongly correlated Ce-compounds CeCu_6, CeCu_2Si_2, CeRu_2Si_2, CeNi_2Ge_2, and CeSi_2. Using a normalization procedure bas…
Hall effect measurements on YbRh2Si2 and relatives in the light of electronic structure calculations
S. Friedemann, N. Oeschler, S. Wirth +7
We report experimental and theoretical investigations of the Hall effect in YbRh2Si2 and its reference compounds LuRh2Si2 and YbIr2Si2. Based on band-structure calculations we iden…
Quantum criticality in the cubic heavy-fermion system CeIn_{3-x}Sn_x
R. Kuechler, P. Gegenwart, J. Custers +5
We report a comprehensive study of CeInSn single crystals close to the antiferromagnetic (AF) quantum critical point (QCP) at …
Interference of a first-order transition with the formation of a spin-Peierls state in alpha'-NaV2O5?
M. Koeppen, D. Pankert, R. Hauptmann +4
We present results of high-resolution thermal-expansion and specific-heat measurements on single crystalline alpha'-NaV2O5. We find clear evidence for two almost degenerate phase t…
Field-induced suppression of the heavy-fermion state in YbRh_2Si_2
Y. Tokiwa, P. Gegenwart, T. Radu +4
We report DC magnetization measurements on YbRh_2Si_2 at temperatures down to 0.04K, magnetic fields B<11.5T and under hydrostatic pressure P<1.3GPa. At ambient pressure a kink at…
Magnetic bound states in the quarter-filled ladder system }
P. Lemmens, M. Fischer, G. Els +6
Raman scattering in the quarter-filled spin ladder system alpha'-NaV_2O_5 shows in the dimerized singlet ground state () an unexpected sequence of three magnetic…
Ferromagnetic quantum critical fluctuations in YbRh_2(Si_{0.95}Ge_{0.05})_2
P. Gegenwart, J. Custers, Y. Tokiwa +2
The bulk magnetic susceptibility of YbRh(SiGe) has been investigated %by ac-and dc-magnetometry at low temperatures and close to the field-induc…
Field-induced transition from even to odd parity superconductivity in CeRhAs
S. Khim, J. F. Landaeta, J. Banda +11
We report the discovery of two-phase unconventional superconductivity in CeRhAs. Using thermodynamic probes, we establish that the superconducting critical field of its hig…
Interplay between Fe 3d and Ce 4f magnetism and Kondo interaction in CeFeAs_{1-x}P_{x}O probed by ^{75}As and ^{31}P NMR
R. Sarkar, M. Baenitz, A. Jesche +2
A detailed P (I=1/2) and As (I=3/2) NMR study on polycrystalline CeFeAsPO alloys is presented. The magnetism of CeFeAsO changes drastically upon P subst…
Frustration induced Raman scattering in CuGeO_3
V. N. Muthukumar, Claudius Gros, Wolfgang Wenzel +7
We present experimental data for the Raman intensity in the spin-Peierls compound CuGeO_3 and theoretical calculations from a one-dimensional frustrated spin model. The theory is b…
Magnetic properties of BaCdVO(PO_4)_2: a strongly frustrated spin-1/2 square lattice close to the quantum critical regime
R. Nath, A. A. Tsirlin, H. Rosner +1
We report magnetization and specific heat measurements on polycrystalline samples of BaCdVO(PO_4)_2 and show that this compound is a S=1/2 frustrated square lattice with ferromagne…
Evolution of the Kondo lattice and non-Fermi liquid excitations in a heavy-fermion metal
S. Seiro, L. Jiao, S. Kirchner +7
Strong electron correlations can give rise to extraordinary properties of metals with renormalized quasiparticles which are at the basis of Landau's Fermi liquid theory. Near a qua…
Avoided ferromagnetic quantum critical point in CeRuPO
E. Lengyel, M. E. Macovei, A. Jesche +3
CeRuPO is a rare example of a ferromagnetic (FM) Kondo-lattice system. External pressure suppresses the ordering temperature to zero at about GPa. Our ac-susceptibili…
Fluctuations and correlations in a frustrated S=1/2 square lattice with competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions: a muSR study
P. Carretta, M. Filibian, R. Nath +2
Zero and longitudinal field SR measurements in PbVO(PO) and BaCdVO(PO), two prototypes of the frustrated square lattice model with competing ferroma…
Single Crystal 31P NMR Studies of the Frustrated Square Lattice Compound Pb2(VO)(PO4)2
R. Nath, Y. Furukawa, F. Borsa +4
The static and dynamic properties of V^{4+} spins (S = 1/2) in the frustrated square lattice compound Pb2(VO)(PO4)2 were investigated by means of magnetic susceptibility chi and 31…
Neutron Depolarization due to Ferromagnetism and Spin Freezing in CePdRh
M. Seifert, P. Schmakat, M. Schulz +5
We report neutron depolarization measurements of the suppression of long-range ferromagnetism and the emergence of magnetic irreversibilities and spin freezing in CePdRh$_x…
Evolution from Ferromagnetism to Antiferromagnetism in Yb(Rh1-xCox)2Si2
S. Hamann, J. Zhang, D. Jang +10
Yb(Rh1-xCox)2Si2 is a model system to address two challenging problems in the field of strongly correlated electron systems: The first is the intriguing competition between ferroma…
Antiferromagnetic ordering in the Kondo lattice system YbFeSi
Yogesh Singh, S. Ramakrishnan, Z. Hossain +1
Compounds belonging to the RFeSi series exhibit unusual superconducting and magnetic properties. Although a number of studies have been made on the first reentrant anti…
Pressure-induced change of the pairing symmetry in superconducting CeCu2Si2
E. Lengyel, M. Nicklas, H. S. Jeevan +5
Low-temperature (T) heat-capacity measurements under hydrostatic pressure of up to p=2.1 GPa have been performed on single-crystalline CeCu2Si2. A broad superconducting (SC) region…
Muon spin relaxation and neutron diffraction investigations of quadrupolar and magnetically ordered states of YbRu2Ge2
H. S. Jeevan, D. T. Adroja, A. D. Hillier +3
The magnetic and quadrupolar ordered states of polycrystalline YbRu2Ge2 have been investigated using zero-field muon spin relaxation (μSR) and neutron diffraction measurements. Sp…
Evolution of magnetism in Yb(Rh_(1-x)Co_x)2Si2
C. Klingner, C. Krellner, M. Brando +10
We present a study of the evolution of magnetism from the quantum critical system YbRh2Si2 to the stable trivalent Yb system YbCo2Si2. Single crystals of Yb(Rh_(1-x)Co_x)2Si2 were…
Hall-effect evolution across a heavy-fermion quantum critical point
S. Paschen, T. Luhmann, S. Wirth +6
A quantum critical point (QCP) develops in a material at absolute zero when a new form of order smoothly emerges in its ground state. QCPs are of great current interest because of…
Magnetic Bound States in Dimerized Quantum Spin Systems
P. Lemmens, M. Fischer, M. Grove +5
Magnetic bound states are a general phenomenon in low dimensional antiferromagnets with gapped singlet states. Using Raman scattering on three compounds as dedicated examples we sh…
Magnetic properties of PrPdSi and PrPtSi
V. K. Anand, Z. Hossain, C. Geibel
We have investigated the two rare-earth intermetallic compounds PrPdSi and PrPtSi by means of magnetization, electrical resistivity and heat capacity measur…
Lifshitz transitions and quasiparticle de-renormalization in YbRhSi
H. R. Naren, S. Friedemann, G. Zwicknagl +4
We study the effect of magnetic fields up to 15 T on the heavy fermion state of YbRhSi via Hall effect and magnetoresistance measurements down to 50 mK. Our data show anoma…
The phase diagram of CeRhAs for out-of-plane magnetic field
P. Khanenko, J. F. Landaeta, S. Ruet +10
The heavy-fermion superconductor CeRhAs () shows two superconducting (SC) phases, SC1 and SC2, when a magnetic field is applied para…
Interplay of structure and magnetism in LuFe4Ge2 tuned by hydrostatic pressure
M. O. Ajeesh, P. Materne, R. D. dos Reis +15
LuFeGe crystallizes in the ZrFeSi-type structure, hosting chains of Fe-tetrahedra giving rise to geometric frustration and low-dimensionality. The compound orders a…
Routes to heavy-fermion superconductivity
F. Steglich, O. Stockert, S. Wirth +4
Superconductivity in lanthanide- and actinide-based heavy-fermion metals can have different microscopic origins. Among others, Cooper pair formation based on fluctuations of the va…
CeFePO: f-d hybridization and quenching of superconductivity
M. G. Holder, A. Jesche, P. Lombardo +11
Being homologue to the new, Fe-based type of high-temperature superconductors, CeFePO exhibits magnetism, Kondo and heavy-fermion phenomena. We experimentally studied the electroni…
Superconductivity in SrFe_(2-x)Co_xAs_2: Internal Doping of the Iron Arsenide Layers
A. Leithe-Jasper, W. Schnelle, C. Geibel +1
In the electron doped compounds SrFe_(2-x)Co_xAs_2 superconductivity with T_c up to 20 K is observed for 0.2 < x < 0.4. Results of structure determination, magnetic susceptibility,…
Electron doping of the iron-arsenide superconductor CeFeAsO controlled by hydrostatic pressure
K. Mydeen, A. Jesche, K. Meier-Kirchner +4
In the iron-pnictide material CeFeAsO not only the Fe moments, but also the local 4f moments of the Ce order antiferromagnetically at low temperatures. We elucidate on the peculiar…
Remarkable magnetostructural coupling around the magnetic transition in CeCoFeSi
V. F. Correa, D. Betancourth, J. G. Sereni +2
We report a detailed study of the magnetic properties of CeCoFeSi under high magnetic fields (up to 16 Tesla) measuring different physical properties such as spec…
Field-angle dependence reveals odd-parity superconductivity in CeRhAs
J. F. Landaeta, P. Khanenko, D. C. Cavanagh +8
CeRhAs is an unconventional superconductor with multiple superconducting phases and K. When , it shows a field-induced transition at $μ…
Determining the in-plane orientation of the ground-state orbital of CeCu2Si2
T. Willers, F. Strigari, N. Hiraoka +9
We have successfully determined the hitherto unknown sign of the B44 Stevens crystal-field parameter of the tetragonal heavy-fermion compound CeCu2Si2 using vector q dependent non-…
Ferromagnetism and superconductivity in P-doped CeFeAsO
A. Jesche, T. Förster, J. Spehling +10
We report on superconductivity in CeFeAs1-xPxO and the possible coexistence with Ce- ferromagnetism (FM) in a small homogeneity range around x = 30% with ordering temperatures of T…
Magnetic-Field Induced Quantum Critical Point in YbRhSi
P. Gegenwart, J. Custers, C. Geibel +5
We report low-temperature calorimetric, magnetic and resistivity measurements on the antiferromagnetic (AF) heavy-fermion metal YbRhSi ( 70 mK) as a function of ma…
Scaling of the magnetic entropy and magnetization in YbRh_2(Si_{0.95}Ge_{0.05})_2
P. Gegenwart, Y. Tokiwa, K. Neumaier +2
The magnetic entropy of YbRh_2(Si_{0.95}Ge_{0.05})_2 is derived from low-temperature ( mK) specific heat measurements. Upon field-tuning the system to its antiferromagnet…
Ferromagnetic Ordering in CeIr2B2: Transport, magnetization, specific heat and NMR studies
A. Prasad, V. K. Anand, U. B. Paramanik +5
We present a complete characterization of ferromagnetic system CeIr2B2 using powder x-ray diffraction XRD, magnetic susceptibility chi(T), isothermal magnetization M(H), specific h…
Optical study of archetypical valence-fluctuating Eu-systems
V. Guritanu, S. Seiro, J. Sichelschmidt +5
We have investigated the optical conductivity of the prominent valence fluctuating compounds EuIr2Si2 and EuNi2P2 in the infrared energy range to get new insights into the electron…
Magnetic state in URu2Si2, UPd2Al3 and UNi2Al3 probed by point contacts
Yu. G. Naidyuk, O. E. Kvitnitskaya, A. G. M. Jansen +3
The antiferromagnetic (AFM) state has been investigated in the three heavy-fermion compounds URu2Si2, UPd2Al3, and UNi2Al3 by measuring dV/dI(V) curves of point contacts at differe…
Quasi-one-dimensional spin chains in CuSiO3: an EPR study
J. Sichelschmidt, A. Loidl, M. Baenitz +3
Temperature dependent EPR studies were performed on a single crystal of CuSiO3.This recently discovered compound is isostructural with the spin-Peierls compound CuGeO3. The EPR sig…
Itinerant and local-moment magnetism in EuCr2As2 single crystals
U. B. Paramanik, R. Prasad, C. Geibel +1
We report on the crystal structure, physical properties, and electronic structure calculations for the ternary pnictide compound EuCr2As2. X-ray diffraction studies confirmed that…
Exotic superconductivity in the coexistent phase of antiferromagnetism and superconductivity in CeCu2(Si0.98Ge0.02)2: A Cu-NQR study under hydrostatic pressure
Y. Kawasaki, K. Ishida, S. Kawasaki +5
We report a pressure () effect on CeCu(SiGe) where an antiferromagnetic (AFM) order at 0.75 K coexists with superconductivity below $T_c \si…
Magnetization study on the field-induced quantum critical point in YbRh_2Si_2
Y. Tokiwa, C. Geibel, F. Steglich +1
We study the field-induced quantum critical point (QCP) in YbRhSi by low-temperature magnetization, , and magnetic Grüneisen ratio, , measurements and…
Effect of pressure on the magnetostructural transition in SrFe2As2
M. Kumar, M. Nicklas, A. Jesche +7
We present a systematic pressure study of poly- and single crystalline SrFe2As2 by electrical resistivity and X-ray diffraction measurements. SrFe2As2 exhibits a structural phase t…
Possible quadrupole density wave in the superconducting Kondo lattice CeRh2As2
D. Hafner, P. Khanenko, E. -O. Eljaouhari +12
CeRh2As2 has recently been reported to be a rare case of multi-phase unconventional superconductor [S. Khim et al., arXiv:2101.09522] close to a quantum critical point (QCP). Here,…
Far-infrared optical conductivity of CeCu2Si2
J. Sichelschmidt, A. Herzog, H. S. Jeevan +4
Journal ref.: J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 25, 065602 (2013): We investigated the optical reflectivity of the heavy-fermion metal CeCu2Si2 in the energy range 3 meV - 30 eV for temper…
Magnetic order in Pr2Pd3Ge5 and possible heavy fermion behavior in Pr2Rh3Ge5
V. K. Anand, Z. Hossain, C. Geibel
We report our results on two new ternary intermetallic compounds PrPdGe and PrRhGe based on magnetic susceptibility, magnetization, specific hea…
Elastic Constants and Charge Ordering in a'-NaV2O5
H. Schwenk, S. Zherlitsyn, B. Luethi +2
We present the temperature dependence of shear and longitudinal elastic constants in a'-NaV2O5. For the longitudinal c22 and c33 modes we find anomalies at Tc in contrast to the Sp…
CeRuPO: A rare example of a Ferromagnetic Kondo lattice
C. Krellner, N. S. Kini, E. M. Bruning +5
We have determined the physical ground state properties of the compounds CeRuPO and CeOsPO by means of magnetic susceptibility chi(T), specific heat C(T), electrical resistivity rh…
How chemical pressure affects the fundamental properties of rare-earth pnictides: an ARPES view
M. G. Holder, A. Jesche, P. Lombardo +9
Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, supplemented by theoretical calculations has been applied to study the electronic structure of heavy-fermion material CeFePO, a homologue…
CuSiO_3 : a quasi - one - dimensional S=1/2 antiferromagnetic chain system
M. Baenitz, C. Geibel, M. Dischner +5
CuSiO_3, isotypic to the spin - Peierls compound CuGeO_3, was discovered recently as a metastable decomposition product of the silicate mineral dioptase, Cu_6Si_6O_{18}\cdot6H_2O.…
Magnetic Resonance in the Spin-Peierls compound
S. Schmidt, W. Palme, B. Lüthi +3
We present results from magnetic resonance measurements for 75-350 GHz in '-NaVO. The temperature dependence of the integrated intensity indicates that we observe t…
Non-Fermi liquid states in the pressurized system: two critical points
H. Q. Yuan, F. M. Grosche, M. Deppe +3
In the archetypal strongly correlated electron superconductor CeCuSi and its Ge-substituted alloys CeCu(SiGe) two quantum phase transitions -- one mag…
Thermal and Electrical Transport across a Magnetic Quantum Critical Point
H. Pfau, S. Hartmann, U. Stockert +11
A quantum critical point (QCP) arises at a continuous transition between competing phases at zero temperature. Collective excitations at magnetic QCPs give rise to metallic propert…
Why could Electron Spin Resonance be observed in a heavy fermion Kondo lattice?
B. I. Kochelaev, S. I. Belov, A. M. Skvortsova +5
We develop a theoretical basis for understanding the spin relaxation processes in Kondo lattice systems with heavy fermions as experimentally observed by electron spin resonance (E…
Normal-State Hall Effect and the Insulating Resistivity of High-T_c Cuprates at Low Temperatures
Yoichi Ando, G. S. Boebinger, A. Passner +5
The normal-state Hall coefficient R_H and the in-plane resistivity Ï_{ab} are measured in La-doped Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CuO_{y} (T_c \simeq 13 K) single crystals and La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4}…
Evidence for a Non-Fermi-Liquid Phase in Ge-Substituted YbRh2Si2
J. Custers, P. Gegenwart, C. Geibel +3
The canonical view of heavy fermion quantum criticality assumes a single quantum critical point separating the paramagnet from the antiferromagnet. However, recent experiments on Y…
Gradual pressure-induced enhancement of magnon excitations in CeCoSi
S. E. Nikitin, D. G. Franco, J. Kwon +6
CeCoSi is an intermetallic antiferromagnet with a very unusual temperature-pressure phase diagram: at ambient pressure it orders below K, while application o…
Kondo-Cluster-Glass State near a Ferromagnetic Quantum Phase Transition
T. Westerkamp, M. Deppe, R. Kuechler +5
We report on a comprehensive study of CePdRh poly- and single crystals close to the ferromagnetic instability by means of low-temperature ac su…
Electron Spin Resonance of the ferromagnetic Kondo lattice CeRuPO
T. Förster, J. Sichelschmidt, C. Krellner +2
The spin dynamics of the ferromagnetic Kondo lattice CeRuPO is investigated by Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) at microwave frequencies of 1, 9.4, and 34~GHz. The measured resonance…
Magnetic order and spin dynamics in the proximity of a ferromagnetic quantum critical point: A μSR study of YbNi4P2
J. Spehling, M. Günther, C. Krellner +5
The local 4f-electronic spin dynamics and magnetic order in YbNi4P2 were studied by means of muon-spin relaxation measurements. Zero-field muon-spin relaxation proves static magnet…
Magnetically driven superconductivity in CeCu2Si2
O. Stockert, J. Arndt, E. Faulhaber +8
The origin of unconventional superconductivity, including high-temperature and heavy-fermion superconductivity, is still a matter of controversy. Spin excitations instead of phonon…
Local character of the highest antiferromagnetic Ce-system CeTi{1-x}Sc{x} Ge
J. G. Sereni, P. Pedrazzini, M. Gomez Berisso +5
The highest antiferromagnetic (AFM) temperature in Ce based compounds has been reported for CeScGe with Tn=47K, but its local or itinerant nature was not deeply investigated yet. I…
Low temperature properties of the Electron Spin Resonance in YbRh2Si2
J. Sichelschmidt, T. Kambe, I. Fazlishanov +12
We present the field and temperature behavior of the narrow Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) response in YbRh2Si2 well below the single ion Kondo temperature. The ESR g factor reflect…
Effects of in-chain and off-chain substitutions on spin fluctuations in the spin-Peierls compound CuGeO_3
P. Lemmens, M. Fischer, G. Güntherodt +6
The effect of in-chain and off-chain substitutions on 1D spin fluctuations in the spin-Peierls compound CuGeO_3 has been studied using Raman scattering in order to understand the i…
Valence Fluctuation in CeMo2Si2C
U. B. Paramanik, Anupam, U. Burkhard +3
We report on the valence fluctuation of Ce in CeMoSiC as studied by means of magnetic susceptibility , specific heat , electrical resistivity and x…
Electron Spin Resonance of the Yb 4f moment in Yb(Rh1-xCox)2Si2
T. Gruner, J. Sichelschmidt, C. Klingner +3
[published in Phys. Rev. B 85, 035119 (2012)] The evolution of spin dynamics from the quantum critical system YbRh2Si2 to the stable trivalent Yb system YbCo2Si2 was investigated b…
Anisotropic electron spin resonance of YbIr2Si2
T. Gruner, J. Wykhoff, J. Sichelschmidt +3
A series of electron spin resonance (ESR) experiments were performed on a single crystal of the heavy fermion metal YbIr2Si2 to map out the anisotropy of the ESR-intensity I_ESR wh…
Temperature dependence of the Kondo resonance and its satellites in CeCu_2Si_2
F. Reinert, D. Ehm, S. Schmidt +5
We present high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy studies on the Kondo resonance of the strongly-correlated Ce system CeCuSi. Exploiting the thermal broadening of the F…
Ising-type Magnetic Anisotropy in CePdAs
M. O. Ajeesh, T. Shang, W. B. Jiang +6
We investigated the anisotropic magnetic properties of CePdAs by magnetic, thermal and electrical transport studies. X-ray diffraction confirmed the tetragonal ThCrSi$_…
Ce-L3-XAS study of the temperature dependence of the 4f occupancy in the Kondo system Ce2Rh3Al9
C. Grazioli, Z. Hu, M. S. Golden +3
We have used temperature dependent x-ray absorption at the Ce-L3 edge to investigate the recently discovered Kondo compound Ce2Rh3Al9. The systematic changes of the spectral linesh…
Single crystal growth and anisotropy of CeRuPO
C. Krellner, C. Geibel
We report on the single crystal growth of the ferromagnetic Kondo lattice system CeRuPO using a Sn flux method. Magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistivity measurements indi…
Magnetic and structural transitions in layered FeAs systems: AFe2As2 versus RFeAsO compounds
C. Krellner, N. Caroca-Canales, A. Jesche +3
Resistivity, specific heat and magnetic susceptibility measurements performed on SrFe2As2 samples evidence a behavior very similar to that observed in LaFeAsO and BaFe2As2 with the…
Putative quantum critical point in the itinerant magnet ZrFeSi with a frustrated quasi-one-dimensional structure
M. O. Ajeesh, K. Weber, C. Geibel +1
The Fe sublattice in the compound ZrFeSi features geometrical frustration and quasi-one-dimensionality. We therefore investigated the magnetic behavior in ZrFeSi an…
Effect of Ni-doping on magnetism and superconductivity in Eu0.5K0.5Fe2As2
Anupam, V. K. Anand, P. L. Paulose +3
The effect of Ni-doping on the magnetism and superconductivity in Eu0.5K0.5Fe2As2 has been studied through a systematic investigation of magnetic and superconducting properties of…
Substitution effects on spin fluctuations in the spin-Peierls compound CuGeO_3
M. Fischer, P. Lemmens, G. Güntherodt +4
Using Raman scattering we studied the effect of substitutions on 1D spin fluctuations in CuGeO_3 observed as a spinon continuum in frustration induced exchange scattering. For temp…
High-Temperature Superconductivity in Eu0.5K0.5Fe2As2
H. S. Jeevan, Z. Hossain, Deepa Kasinathan +3
Subsequent to our recent report of SDW type transition at 190 K and antiferromagnetic order below 20 K in EuFe2As2, we have studied the effect of K-doping on the SDW transition at…
Possible re-entrant superconductivity in EuFe2As2 under pressure
C. F. Miclea, M. Nicklas, H. S. Jeevan +6
We studied the temperature-pressure phase diagram of EuFe2As2 by measurements of the electrical resistivity. The antiferromagnetic spin-density-wave transition at T_0 associated wi…
Quantum phase transition in the heavy-fermion compound YbIrSi
H. Q. Yuan, M. Nicklas, Z. Hossain +2
We investigate the pressure-temperature phase diagram of YbIrSi by measuring the electrical resistivity . In contrast to the widely investigated YbRhSi, YbIr…
Unique magnetic structure of YbCoSi
N. Mufti, K. Kaneko, A. Hoser +4
We report on the results of powder and single crystal neutron diffraction to investigate the magnetic order in YbCoSi below the Néel temperature K in det…
Interplay between superconductivity and magnetism in K-doped EuFe2As2
Anupam, P. L. Paulose, H. S. Jeevan +2
Superconductivity is found in 50% K-doped EuFe2As2 sample below 33 K. Our results of electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility and 57Fe and 151Eu Mossbauer spectroscopy provi…
Strong frustration due to competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions: magnetic properties of M(VO)2(PO4)2 (M = Ca and Sr)
R. Nath, A. A. Tsirlin, E. E. Kaul +4
We present a detailed investigation of the magnetic properties of complex vanadium phosphates M(VO)2(PO4)2 (M = Ca, Sr) by means of magnetization, specific heat, 31P NMR measuremen…
Divergence of the Heavy Quasiparticle Mass at the Antiferromagnetic Quantum Critical Point in YbRh_2Si_2
P. Gegenwart, J. Custers, T. Tayama +4
We report low temperature specific heat, C, magnetization, M, susceptibility, chi, and electrical resistivity, rho, measurements on high-quality single crystals of the heavy-fermio…
Similar temperature scale for valence changes in Kondo lattices with different Kondo temperatures
K. Kummer, C. Geibel, C. Krellner +4
The Kondo model predicts that both the valence at low temperatures and its temperature dependence scale with the characteristic energy T_K of the Kondo interaction. Here, we study…
Divergence of the Grueneisen Ratio at Quantum Critical Points in Heavy Fermion Metals
R. Kuechler, N. Oeschler, P. Gegenwart +8
We present low-temperature volume thermal expansion, , and specific heat, , measurements on high-quality single crystals of CeNi2Ge2 and YbRh2(SiGe) wh…
Tuning Heavy Fermion Systems into Quantum Criticality by Magnetic Field
P. Gegenwart, J. Custers, T. Tayama +8
We discuss a series of thermodynamic, magnetic and electrical transport experiments on the two heavy fermion compounds CeNi2Ge2 and YbRh2Si2 in which magnetic fields, B, are used t…
Multiple energy scales at a quantum critical point
P. Gegenwart, T. Westerkamp, C. Krellner +6
We report thermodynamic measurements in a magnetic-field-driven quantum critical point of a heavy fermion metal, YbRhSi. The data provide evidence for an energy scale in th…
Effect of chemical substitution and pressure on YbRh2Si2
M. Nicklas, M. E. Macovei, J. Ferstl +3
We carried out electrical resistivity experiments on (Yb,La)Rh2Si2 and on Yb(Rh,Ir)2Si2 under pressure and in magnetic fields. YbRh2Si2 exhibits a weak antiferromagnetic transition…
Electrical Resistivity and Specific Heat of EuFe2As2 Single Crystals: Magnetic homologue of SrFe2As2
H. S. Jeevan, Z. Hossain, Deepa Kasinathan +3
We have grown single crystals of EuFe2As2 and investigated its electrical transport and thermodynamic properties. Electrical resistivity and specific heat measurements clearly esta…
Strong coupling between magnetic and structural order parameters in SrFe2As2
A. Jesche, N. Caroca-Canales, H. Rosner +11
X-ray and Neutron diffraction as well as muon spin relaxation and Mössbauer experiments performed on SrFeAs polycrystalls confirm a sharp first order transition at $T_0 =…
Hydrostatic and chemical pressure tuning of CeFeAs_1-xP_xO single crystals
K. Mydeen, E. Lengyel, A. Jesche +2
We carried out a combined P-substitution and hydrostatic pressure study on CeFeAs_1-xP_xO single crystals in order to investigate the peculiar relationship of the local moment magn…
Spin dynamics in a structurally ordered non-Fermi liquid compound: YbRh_2Si_2
K. Ishida, D. E. MacLaughlin, O. O. Bernal +5
Muon spin relaxation (muSR) experiments have been carried out at low temperatures in the non-Fermi-liquid heavy-fermion compound YbRh_2Si_2. The longitudinal-field muSR relaxation…
Strong magnetoelastic effect in CeCoFeSi as Néel order is suppressed
V. F. Correa, A. G. Villagrán Asiares, D. Betancourth +8
A very strong magnetoelastic effect in the CeCoFeSi alloys is reported. The strength of the magnetostrictive effect can be tuned upon changing . The moderate low-t…
Fully gapped superconductivity with no sign change in the prototypical heavy-fermion CeCu2Si2
T. Yamashita, T. Takenaka, Y. Tokiwa +16
In exotic superconductors including high- copper-oxides, the interactions mediating electron Cooper-pairing are widely considered to have a magnetic rather than the convention…
Phase separation and frustrated square lattice magnetism of Na1.5VOPO4F0.5
A. A. Tsirlin, R. Nath, A. M. Abakumov +7
Crystal structure, electronic structure, and magnetic behavior of the spin-1/2 quantum magnet Na1.5VOPO4F0.5 are reported. The disorder of Na atoms leads to a sequence of structura…
Divergence of the Magnetic Grüneisen Ratio at the Field-Induced Quantum Critical Point in YbRhSi
Y. Tokiwa, T. Radu, P. Gegenwart +2
The heavy fermion compound YbRhSi is studied by low-temperature magnetization and specific-heat measurements at magnetic fields close to the quantum critical…
Spin gap behavior and charge ordering in α^{\prime}-NaV_2O_5 probed by light scattering
M. Fischer, P. Lemmens, G. Els +5
We present a detailed analysis of light scattering experiments performed on the quarter-filled spin ladder compound -NaVO for the temperature range 5 KT…
Evidence for the presence of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in CeCuSi revealed using Cu NMR
Shunsaku Kitagawa, Genki Nakamine, Kenji Ishida +3
Nuclear magnetic resonance measurements were performed on CeCuSi in the presence of a magnetic field close to the upper critical field in order to i…