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Avoided ferromagnetic quantum critical point in pressurized La5 Co2 Ge3
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
  • Li Xiang, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Elena Gati, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Sergey L. Bud’ko, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Scott M. Saunders, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Paul C. Canfield, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Publication Date
2-10-2021
Department
Ames Laboratory; Physics and Astronomy
OSTI ID+
1769024
Report Number
IS-J 10420
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.103.054419
Journal Title
Physical Review B
Abstract

We present the pressure-temperature phase diagram La5Co2Ge3 up to ∼5 GPa, which was constructed from magnetization, resistivity, and specific heat measurements. At ambient pressure, La5Co2Ge3 is an itinerant ferromagnet with a Curie temperature TC∼ 4 K. Upon increasing pressure up to ∼1.7 GPa, TC is suppressed down to ∼3 K. Upon further increasing pressure, our results suggest that La5Co2Ge3 enters a different low-temperature ground state. The corresponding transition temperature T∗ has a nonmonotonic pressure dependence up to ∼5 GPa. Our results demonstrate that the ferromagnetic quantum critical point in La5Co2Ge3 is avoided by the appearance of a different, likely magnetically ordered, state that has an antiferromagnetic component.

DOE Contract Number(s)
AC02-07CH11358
Language
en
Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
Citation Information
Li Xiang, Elena Gati, Sergey L. Bud’ko, Scott M. Saunders, et al.. "Avoided ferromagnetic quantum critical point in pressurized La5 Co2 Ge3" Vol. 103 Iss. 5 (2021) p. 054419
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paul_canfield/447/