1. Quantum Critical Scaling in Quasi-One-Dimensional YbFe$_5$P$_3$
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Bauer, E. D., Avers, K. E., Asaba, T., Seo, S., Liu, Y., Weiland, A., Continentino, M. A., Lawrence, J. M., Thomas, S. M., Rosa, P. F. S., Thompson, J. D., and Ronning, F.
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Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons - Abstract
We report measurements of the low temperature magnetization $M$ and specific heat $C$ as a function of temperature and magnetic field of the quasi-one-dimensional spin chain, heavy fermion compound YbFe$_5$P$_3$, which resides close to a quantum critical point. The results are compared to the predictions of scaling laws obtained from a generalized free energy function expected near an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point (AFQCP). The scaling behavior depends on the dimensionality $d$ of the fluctuations, the coherence length exponent $\nu$, and the dynamic exponent $z$. The free energy treats the magnetic field as a relevant renormalization group variable, which leads to a new exponent $\phi=\nu z_h$, where $z_h$ is a dynamic exponent expected in the presence of a magnetic field. When $z_h=z$, $T/H$ scaling is expected, as observed in several compounds close to a QCP; whereas in YbFe$_5$P$_3$, a $T/H^{3/4}$ dependence of the scaling is observed. This dependence reflects the relationship $z_h=(4z/3)$ and a field exponent $\phi =4/3$. A feature of the scaling law is that it restricts the possible values of the exponents to two cases for YbFe$_5$P$_3$: $d$=1, $\nu$=1, $z$=1, and $d$=2, $\nu$=1/2, $z$=2., Comment: 17 pages (including Supplemental Material)
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- 2024