Competing magnetic correlations across the ferromagnetic quantum critical point in the Kondo system CeTi${}_{1-x}$V${}_x$Ge${}_3$: ${}^{51}$V NMR as a local probe

Abstract

${}^{51}$V nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetization studies on CeTi${}_{1-x}$V${}_x$Ge${}_3$ have been performed to explore the evolution from the ferromagnetic ($x=0.113$) to the antiferromagnetic Kondo lattice state ($x=1$), with focus on the emergence of a possible ferromagnetic quantum critical point (FMQCP) at $x_c\approx 0.4$. From the temperature dependence of the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate, $1/T_{1}T$, and the Knight shift, \textit{K}, for $x=0.113$ and $x=1$ a considerable competition between ferro- and antiferromagnetic correlations is found. Around the critical concentration ($x=0.35,0.405$) quantum-critical spin fluctuations entail weak antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations admixed with ferromagnetic spin fluctuations. The FMQCP in CeTi${}_{1-x}$V${}_x$Ge${}_3$ therefore is not purely ferromagnetic in nature.

arXiv comment9 pages and 12 figures, accepted at PRB

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