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Quantum critical point in the itinerant ferromagnet Ni$_{1-x}$Rh$_x$

Abstract

We report a chemical substitution-induced ferromagnetic quantum critical point in polycrystalline Ni$_{1-x}$Rh$_x$ alloys. Through magnetization and muon spin relaxation measurements, we show that the ferromagnetic ordering temperature is suppressed continuously to zero at $x_{crit} = 0.375$ while the magnetic volume fraction remains 100% up to $x_{crit}$, pointing to a second order transition. Non-Fermi liquid behavior is observed close to $x_{crit}$, where the electronic specific heat $C_{el}/T$ diverges logarithmically, while immediately above $x_{crit}$ the volume thermal expansion coefficient $\alpha_{V}/T$ and the Grüneisen ratio $\Gamma = \alpha_{V}/C_{el}$ both diverge logarithmically in the low temperature limit, further indication of a ferromagnetic quantum critical point in Ni$_{1-x}$Rh$_x$.

Authors

Huang C-L; Hallas AM; Grube K; Kuntz S; Spiess B; Bayliff K; Besara T; Siegrist T; Cai Y; Beare J

Publication date

January 15, 2020

DOI

10.48550/arxiv.2001.05533

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arXiv
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