title: Non-Fermi liquid regimes with and without quantum criticality in Ce(1-x)Yb(x)CoIn5.
abstract: One of the greatest challenges to Landau's Fermi liquid theory--the standard theory of metals--is presented by complex materials with strong electronic correlations. In these materials, non-Fermi liquid transport and thermodynamic properties are often explained by the presence of a continuous quantum phase transition that happens at a quantum critical point (QCP). A QCP can be revealed by applying pressure, magnetic field, or changing the chemical composition. In the heavy-fermion compound CeCoIn5, the QCP is assumed to play a decisive role in defining the microscopic structure of both normal and superconducting states. However, the question of whether a QCP must be present in the material's phase diagram to induce non-Fermi liquid behavior and trigger superconductivity remains open. Here, we show that the full suppression of the field-induced QCP in CeCoIn5 by doping with Yb has surprisingly little impact on both unconventional superconductivity and non-Fermi liquid behavior. This implies that the non-Fermi liquid metallic behavior could be a new state of matter in its own right rather than a consequence of the underlying quantum phase transition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Yogesh P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janoschek
authors.forename: Maxim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dzero
authors.forename: M Brian
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Maple
authors.forename: Carmen C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Almasan