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Quantum Critical Point in the Sc-Doped Itinerant Antiferromagnet TiAu
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Author(s)
E. Svanidze, T. Besara, J. K. Wang, D. Geiger, L. Prochaska, J. M. Santiago, Jeffrey W. Lynn, S. Paschen, E. Morosan
Abstract
We present the first experimental realization of a quantum critical point in an itinerant antiferromagnetic realization of a quantum critical point in an intinerant antiferromagnet composed of non-magnetic constituents, TiAu. By partially substituting Ti with Sc in Ti1-xScxAu, a doping amount of xc=0.13 ± 0.01 induces a quantum critical point with minimal disorder effects. The accompanying non-Fermi liquid behavior is observed in both the resistivity p ∝ T and specific heat Cp/T ∝ - lnT, characteristic of a 2D antiferromagnet. The quantum critical point is accompanied by an enhancement of the spin fluctuations, as indicated by the diverging Sommerfeld coefficient γ at x=xc.
Svanidze, E.
, Besara, T.
, Wang, J.
, Geiger, D.
, Prochaska, L.
, Santiago, J.
, Lynn, J.
, Paschen, S.
and Morosan, E.
(2017),
Quantum Critical Point in the Sc-Doped Itinerant Antiferromagnet TiAu, Physical Review B, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=921033
(Accessed October 8, 2025)