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Unusual Heavy-mass Nearly Ferromagnetic State with a Surprisingly Large Wilson Ratio in Double Layered Ruthenates (Sr1-xCax)3Ru2O7
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Author(s)
Z Qu, L Spinu, H Q. Yuan, V Dobrosavljevic, Wei Bao, Jeffrey Lynn, M Nicklas, J Peng, T J. Liu, F Fobes, E Flesch, Z Q. Mao
Abstract
We report a very unusual heavy-mass nearly ferromagnetic state with a surprisingly large Wilson ratio Rw (e.g., Rw 700 for x = 0.2) in double layered ruthenates (Sr1- xCax)3Ru2O7. This state does not evolve into a long-range ferromagnetic order despite considerably strong ferromagnetic correlations, but freezes into a cluster-spin-glass at low temperatures; this seems surprising for a bulk material. In addition, the evidence of non- Fermi liquid behavior is observed as the frozen temperature of the cluster-spin-glass approaches zero near x ≅ 0.1. We discuss the origin of such a unique magnetic state from the Fermi surface information probed by Hall effect measurements.
Qu, Z.
, Spinu, L.
, Yuan, H.
, Dobrosavljevic, V.
, Bao, W.
, Lynn, J.
, Nicklas, M.
, Peng, J.
, Liu, T.
, Fobes, F.
, Flesch, E.
and Mao, Z.
(2008),
Unusual Heavy-mass Nearly Ferromagnetic State with a Surprisingly Large Wilson Ratio in Double Layered Ruthenates (Sr<sub>1-x</sub>Ca<sub>x</sub>)<sub>3</sub>Ru<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.180407, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=610062
(Accessed October 11, 2025)