Similar temperature scale for valence changes in Kondo lattices with different Kondo temperatures

K. Kummer (), C. Geibel, C. Krellner, G. Zwicknagl, C. Laubschat, N. B. Brookes and D. V. Vyalikh
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K. Kummer: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
C. Geibel: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
C. Krellner: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
G. Zwicknagl: TU Braunschweig
C. Laubschat: Dresden University of Technology
N. B. Brookes: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
D. V. Vyalikh: Saint Petersburg State University

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract The Kondo model predicts that both the valence at low temperatures and its temperature dependence scale with the characteristic energy TK of the Kondo interaction. Here, we study the evolution of the 4f occupancy with temperature in a series of Yb Kondo lattices using resonant X-ray emission spectroscopy. In agreement with simple theoretical models, we observe a scaling between the valence at low temperature and TK obtained from thermodynamic measurements. In contrast, the temperature scale Tv at which the valence increases with temperature is almost the same in all investigated materials while the Kondo temperatures differ by almost four orders of magnitude. This observation is in remarkable contradiction to both naive expectation and precise theoretical predictions of the Kondo model, asking for further theoretical work in order to explain our findings. Our data exclude the presence of a quantum critical valence transition in YbRh2Si2.

Date: 2018
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