Pressure-induced quantum critical behavior in the heavy-fermion compound CeCoGe$_{2.2}$Si$_{0.8}$

ORAL

Abstract

The pressure-tuned quantum critical point (QCP) of the antiferromagnetic heavy-fermion compound CeCoGe$_{2.1}$Si$_{0.9}$ was claimed to be dominated by different effects on both sides of the QCP: on the magnetic side spin fluctuations govern the criticality, while on the non-magnetic side the criticality is dominated by disorder that quenches the spin fluctuations. Here we study high-quality CeCoGe$_{2.2}$Si$_{0.8}$ samples with residual resistance ratios four times larger than those of the previously investigated CeCoGe$_{2.1}$Si$_{0.9}$ samples. Interestingly, while DC magnetic susceptibility measurements show that the N\'{e}el temperature of $T_{N} = $ 4K at zero pressure is only slightly reduced by pressure up to 3.0 kbar, a much stronger decrease is observed for the specific heat anomaly. We will present electrical resistivity and specific heat measurements up to 15 kbar and down to 0.05 K, and establish the pressure -- temperature phase diagram for CeCoGe$_{2.2}$Si$_{0.8}$. The critical behavior shall be compared to the one observed for both CeCoGe$_{2.1}$Si$_{0.9}$ and the pure reference compound CeCoGe$_{3}$.

Authors

  • J. Larrea Jimenez

    Institute of Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

  • M. Martelli

    Institute of Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

  • S. Paschen

    Institute of Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

  • J. Teyssier

    D\'epartement de Physique de la Mati\`ere Condens\'ee, Universit\'e de Gen\`eve, Switzerland

  • A. Strydom

    University of Johannesburg

  • H. Ronnow

    Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, \'Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne, Switzerland