The physics and chemistry of heavy fermions.
The heavy fermions are a subset of the f-electron intermetallic compounds straddling the magnetic/nonmagnetic boundary. Their low-temperature properties are characterized by an electronic energy scale of order 1-10 K. Among the low-temperature ground states observed in heavy fermion compounds are exotic superconductors and magnets, as well as unusual semiconductors. We review here the current experimental and theoretical understanding of these systems.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
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Smith
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