Evidence for charge delocalization crossover in the quantum critical superconductor CeRhIn5

Honghong Wang, Tae Beom Park, Jihyun Kim, Harim Jang, Eric D. Bauer, Joe D. Thompson () and Tuson Park ()
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Honghong Wang: Sungkyunkwan University
Tae Beom Park: Sungkyunkwan University
Jihyun Kim: Sungkyunkwan University
Harim Jang: Sungkyunkwan University
Eric D. Bauer: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Joe D. Thompson: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Tuson Park: Sungkyunkwan University

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract The nature of charge degrees-of-freedom distinguishes scenarios for interpreting the character of a second order magnetic transition at zero temperature, that is, a magnetic quantum critical point (QCP). Heavy-fermion systems are prototypes of this paradigm, and in those, the relevant question is where, relative to a magnetic QCP, does the Kondo effect delocalize their f-electron degrees-of-freedom. Herein, we use pressure-dependent Hall measurements to identify a finite-temperature scale Eloc that signals a crossover from f-localized to f-delocalized character. As a function of pressure, Eloc(P) extrapolates smoothly to zero temperature at the antiferromagnetic QCP of CeRhIn5 where its Fermi surface reconstructs, hallmarks of Kondo-breakdown criticality that generates critical magnetic and charge fluctuations. In 4.4% Sn-doped CeRhIn5, however, Eloc(P) extrapolates into its magnetically ordered phase and is decoupled from the pressure-induced magnetic QCP, which implies a spin-density-wave (SDW) type of criticality that produces only critical fluctuations of the SDW order parameter. Our results demonstrate the importance of experimentally determining Eloc to characterize quantum criticality and the associated consequences for understanding the pairing mechanism of superconductivity that reaches a maximum Tc in both materials at their respective magnetic QCP.

Date: 2023
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