Pressure-induced multicriticality and electronic instability in the quasi-kagome ferromagnet URhSn

  • Arvind Maurya
  • , Dilip Bhoi
  • , Fuminori Honda
  • , Yusei Shimizu
  • , Ai Nakamura
  • , Yoshiki J. Sato
  • , Dexin Li
  • , Yoshiya Homma
  • , M. Sathiskumar
  • , Jun Gouchi
  • , Yoshiya Uwatoko
  • , Dai Aoki

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Abstract

We report an unconventional class of pressure-induced quantum phase transitions, possessing two bicritical points at 6.25 GPa in URhSn. This unique transformation accompanies a Fermi surface reconstruction, demarcating competing ordered phases suitably described with a localized and itinerant description of the magnetic 5f electrons. Ferromagnetic fluctuations over a wide range of temperatures and pressures in the pressure-induced low temperature phase are evidenced by a robust T5/3 temperature dependence of resistivity up to 11 GPa, which is a characteristic of an elusive marginal Fermi-liquid state.

Original languageEnglish
Article number195119
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume104
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 15 2021
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We thank V. Taufour, M. Yokoyama, Y. Tokunaga, H. Harima and Y. Ōnuki for fruitful discussions. We thank S. Nagasaki for her technical support during high-pressure experiments. We acknowledge financial support from JSPS KAKENHI Grants No. JP18F18017, No. JP19H00648, No. JP15H05882, No. JP15H05886, No.JP15K21732, JP15H05884, JP19H00646, No. JP19J20539, No. JP17K14328, and No. JP20K03851.

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