Unconventional critical behaviour in a quasi-two-dimensional organic conductor

F. Kagawa, K. Miyagawa and K. Kanoda ()
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F. Kagawa: University of Tokyo
K. Miyagawa: University of Tokyo
K. Kanoda: University of Tokyo

Nature, 2005, vol. 436, issue 7050, 534-537

Abstract: Abstract Changing the interactions between particles in an ensemble—by varying the temperature or pressure, for example—can lead to phase transitions whose critical behaviour depends on the collective nature of the many-body system. Despite the diversity of ingredients, which include atoms, molecules, electrons and their spins, the collective behaviour can be grouped into several families (called ‘universality classes’) represented by canonical spin models1. One kind of transition, the Mott transition2, occurs when the repulsive Coulomb interaction between electrons is increased, causing wave-like electrons to behave as particles. In two dimensions, the attractive behaviour responsible for the superconductivity in high-transition temperature copper oxide3,4 and organic5,6,7 compounds appears near the Mott transition, but the universality class to which two-dimensional, repulsive electronic systems belongs remains unknown. Here we present an observation of the critical phenomena at the pressure-induced Mott transition in a quasi-two-dimensional organic conductor using conductance measurements as a probe. We find that the Mott transition in two dimensions is not consistent with known universality classes, as the observed collective behaviour has previously not been seen. This peculiarity must be involved in any emergent behaviour near the Mott transition in two dimensions.

Date: 2005
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