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Yamaoka H, Thunström P, Tsujii N, Katoh K, Yamamoto Y, Schwier EF, Shimada K, Iwasawa H, Arita M, Jarrige I, Hiraoka N, Ishii H, Tsuei KD, Mizuki J. Electronic structure of ferromagnetic heavy fermion, YbPdSi, YbPdGe, and YbPtGe studied by photoelectron spectroscopy, x-ray emission spectroscopy, and DFT + DMFT calculations. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:475502. [PMID: 28891807 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa8b98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Electronic structures of ferromagnetic heavy fermion Yb compounds of YbPdSi, YbPdGe, and YbPtGe are studied by photoelectron spectroscopy around the Yb 4d-4f resonance, resonant x-ray emission spectroscopy at the Yb L 3 absorption edge, and density functional theory combined with dynamical mean field theory calculations. These compounds all have a temperature-independent intermediate Yb valence with large [Formula: see text] and small [Formula: see text] components. The magnitude of the Yb valence is evaluated to be YbPtGe [Formula: see text] YbPdGe [Formula: see text] YbPdSi, suggesting that YbPtGe is the closest to the quantum critical point among the three Yb compounds. Our results support the scenario of the coexistence of heavy fermion behavior and ferromagnetic ordering which is described by a magnetically-ordered Kondo lattice where the magnitude of the Kondo effect and the RKKY interaction are comparable.
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Pressure-induced anomalous valence crossover in cubic YbCu 5-based compounds. Sci Rep 2017; 7:5846. [PMID: 28725055 PMCID: PMC5517414 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06190-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A pressure-induced anomalous valence crossover without structural phase transition is observed in archetypal cubic YbCu5 based heavy Fermion systems. The Yb valence is found to decrease with increasing pressure, indicating a pressure-induced crossover from a localized 4f13 state to the valence fluctuation regime, which is not expected for Yb systems with conventional c–f hybridization. This result further highlights the remarkable singularity of the valence behavior in compressed YbCu5-based compounds. The intermetallics Yb2Pd2Sn, which shows two quantum critical points (QCP) under pressure and has been proposed as a potential candidate for a reentrant Yb2+ state at high pressure, was also studied for comparison. In this compound, the Yb valence monotonically increases with pressure, disproving a scenario of a reentrant non-magnetic Yb2+ state at the second QCP.
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CeRu4Sn6: a strongly correlated material with nontrivial topology. Sci Rep 2015; 5:17937. [PMID: 26658647 PMCID: PMC4674697 DOI: 10.1038/srep17937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Topological insulators form a novel state of matter that provides new opportunities to create unique quantum phenomena. While the materials used so far are based on semiconductors, recent theoretical studies predict that also strongly correlated systems can show non-trivial topological properties, thereby allowing even the emergence of surface phenomena that are not possible with topological band insulators. From a practical point of view, it is also expected that strong correlations will reduce the disturbing impact of defects or impurities, and at the same increase the Fermi velocities of the topological surface states. The challenge is now to discover such correlated materials. Here, using advanced x-ray spectroscopies in combination with band structure calculations, we infer that CeRu4Sn6 is a strongly correlated material with non-trivial topology.
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Yamaoka H, Ikeda Y, Jarrige I, Tsujii N, Zekko Y, Yamamoto Y, Mizuki J, Lin JF, Hiraoka N, Ishii H, Tsuei KD, Kobayashi TC, Honda F, Onuki Y. Role of valence fluctuations in the superconductivity of Ce122 compounds. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:086403. [PMID: 25192112 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.086403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Pressure dependence of the Ce valence in CeCu(2)Ge(2) has been measured up to 24 GPa at 300 K and to 17 GPa at 18-20 K using x-ray absorption spectroscopy in the partial fluorescence yield. A smooth increase of the Ce valence with pressure is observed across the two superconducting (SC) regions without any noticeable irregularity. The chemical pressure dependence of the Ce valence was also measured in Ce(Cu(1-x)Ni(x))(2)Si(2) at 20 K. A very weak, monotonic increase of the valence with x was observed, without any significant change in the two SC regions. Within experimental uncertainties, our results show no evidence for the valence transition with an abrupt change in the valence state near the SC II region, challenging the valence-fluctuation mediated superconductivity model in these compounds at high pressure and low temperature.
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- H Yamaoka
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Quantum Beam Center, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1337, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1337, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1337, Japan
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- Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA and Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Shanghai 201203, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Oarai, Ibaraki 311-1313, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Ryukyu University, Nakagami, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
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Mazet T, Malterre D, François M, Dallera C, Grioni M, Monaco G. Nonpareil Yb behavior in YbMn6Ge(6-x)Sn(x). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:096402. [PMID: 24033054 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.096402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We investigate the temperature dependence of the Yb valence in YbMn6Ge1.8Sn4.2 and YbMn6Ge1.6Sn4.4 using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering experiments. Yb is found to be in an intermediate valent state in the whole investigated temperature range (10-450 K). We thus prove that the unusually high magnetic ordering temperature of Yb (∼60 and 90 K for x=4.2 and 4.4, respectively) involves an intermediate valent Yb, an unprecedentedly observed phenomenon. Further, an anomalous increase in the Yb valence is observed upon cooling. A scenario is proposed to explain this unusual behavior. It is based on the presence of magnetically ordered Mn moments and on an Anderson Hamiltonian with a Zeeman term modeling the magnetic interactions.
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- T Mazet
- Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine-Boîte Postale 70239, 54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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