Quantum criticality in the cubic heavy-fermion system CeIn3-xSnx.
We report a comprehensive study of CeIn3-xSnx (0.55<or=x< or=0.8) single crystals close to the antiferromagnetic quantum-critical point (QCP) at xc approximately 0.37 by means of the low-temperature thermal expansion and Grüneisen parameter. This system represents the first example for a cubic heavy fermion in which TN can be suppressed continuously down to T=0. A characteristic sign change of the Grüneisen parameter between the antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic states indicates the accumulation of entropy close to the QCP. The observed quantum-critical behavior is compatible with the predictions of the itinerant theory for three-dimensional critical spin fluctuations. This has important implications for the role of the dimensionality in heavy-fermion QCPs.
Küchler
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Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, D-01187 Dresden, Germany.
Gegenwart
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Custers
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Stockert
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Caroca-Canales
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Geibel
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Sereni
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Steglich
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