Resistivity and magnetoresistance studies of quantum critical alloy Ce$_{0.93}$Yb$_{0.07}$CoIn$_{5}$ under pressure

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Abstract

We performed experimental and theoretical studies of the effect of pressure on the heavy fermion quantum critical alloy Ce$_{0.93}$Yb$_{0.07}$CoIn$_{5}$. Our resistivity measurement shows that Ce$_{\mathrm{1-x}}$Yb$_{\mathrm{x}}$CoIn$_{5}$ system exhibits non-Fermi liquid behavior with two distinct contributions to resistivity (linear-in-T and square-root-in-T). Resistivity measurements under pressure show that linear in T resistivity is governed by heavy/large Fermi surface and is suppressed with pressure. Quantum fluctuations with pressure are also shown to be suppressed in Ce$_{0.93}$Yb$_{0.07}$CoIn$_{5}$. The square-root-in-T dependence originates from two different physics: (i) the~$\surd $T dependence just above T$_{\mathrm{c}}$ is suppressed with the application of pressure, and is a result of superconducting fluctuations; (ii) the higher temperature $\surd $T contribution to resistivity remains insensitive to pressure, indicating that the scattering processes in this T range are governed by the scattering of light electrons from the small Fermi surface. We further demonstrate that the growth of the coherence temperature with pressure, as well as the decrease of the residual resistivity, can be accurately described by employing the coherent potential approximation for a disordered Kondo lattice.

*This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (grant NSF DMR-1006606) and Ohio Board of Regents (grant OBR-RIP-220573) at KSU, and by the U.S. Department of Energy (grant DE-FG02- 04ER46105) at UCSD.

Authors

  • Y.P. Singh

    • Kent State University
  • D.J. Haney

    • Kent State University
  • Xinyi Huang

    • Kent State University
  • B.D. White

    • University of California, San Diego
  • M.B. Maple

    • University of California, San Diego
  • M. Dzero

    • Kent State University
  • C.C. Almasan

    • Kent State University