Ferromagnetic Quantum Criticality Studied by Hall Effect Measurements in UCoAl

Abstract

Hall effect measurements were performed under pressure and magnetic field up to 2.2 GPa and 16 T on a single crystal of UCoAl. At ambient pressure, the system undergoes a first order metamagnetic transition at the critical field B_m = 0.7 T from a paramagnetic ground state to a field-induced ferromagnetic state. The Hall signal is linear at low field and shows a step-like anomaly at the transition, with only little change of the Hall coefficient. The anomaly is sharpest at the temperature of the critical end point T_0 = 12 K above which the first order metamagnetic transition becomes a crossover. Under pressure B_m increases and T_0 decreases. The step-like anomaly in the Hall effect disappears at P_M ~= 1.3 GPa and the metamagnetic transition is not detected above the quantum critical end point (QCEP) at P_Delta ~= 1.7 GPa, B_m ~= 7 T. Using magnetization data, we analyse our Hall resistivity data at ambient pressure in order to quantitatively account for both ordinary and anomalous contributions to the Hall effect. Under pressure, a drastic change in the field dependence of the Hall coefficient is found on crossing the QCEP. A possible Fermi surface change at B_m remains an open question.

7 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in the Journal of the Physical Society of Japan manuscript number 66092

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