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Field-temperature phase diagram and entropy landscape of CeAuSb2
Physical Review B
  • Lishan Zhao, University of St. Andrews
  • Edward A. Yelland, University of St. Andrews
  • Jan A. Bruin, University of St. Andrews
  • Ilya Sheikin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • Paul C. Canfield, Iowa State University
  • Veronika Fritsch, University of Augsburg
  • Hideaki Sakai, University of St. Andrews
  • Andrew P. Mackenzie, University of St. Andrews
  • Clifford W. Hicks, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
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Article
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Published Version
Publication Date
5-15-2016
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.93.195124
Abstract

We report a field-temperature phase diagram and an entropy map for the heavy-fermion compound CeAuSb2. CeAuSb2 orders antiferromagnetically below TN=6.6 K and has two metamagnetic transitions, at 2.8 and 5.6 T. The locations of the critical end points of the metamagnetic transitions, which may play a strong role in the putative quantum criticality of CeAuSb2 and related compounds, are identified. The entropy map reveals an apparent entropy balance with Fermi-liquid behavior, implying that above the Néel transition the Ce moments are incorporated into the Fermi liquid. High-field data showing that the magnetic behavior is remarkably anisotropic are also reported.

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This article is from Phys. Rev. B 93, 195124, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.195124. Posted with permission.

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Lishan Zhao, Edward A. Yelland, Jan A. Bruin, Ilya Sheikin, et al.. "Field-temperature phase diagram and entropy landscape of CeAuSb2" Physical Review B Vol. 93 Iss. 19 (2016) p. 195124
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paul_canfield/97/