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Nature Research, npj Quantum Materials, 1(2), 2017

DOI: 10.1038/s41535-017-0068-x

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Large positive correlation between the effective electron mass and the multipolar fluctuation in the heavy-fermion metal Ce1 − x La x B6

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Abstract

AbstractFor the last few decades, researchers have been intrigued by multipolar ordering phenomena and related quantum phase transitions in heavy-fermion Kondo systems. However, a criticality induced by substitution level (x), temperature (T), or magnetic field (B) is poorly understood even in the prototypical material, Ce1−x La x B6, despite a large collection of experimental results is available. In this work, we present T–B, x–T, and x–B phase diagrams of Ce1−x La x B6 (B || [110]). These are completed by investigating heat capacity, magnetocaloric effect (MCE), and elastic neutron scattering. A drastic increase of the Sommerfeld coefficient γ0, which is estimated from the heat capacity down to 0.05 K, is observed with increasing x. The precise T–B phase diagram including a high-entropy region is derived from the MCE analysis in which a knowledge beyond the equilibrium thermodynamics is involved. Finally, the x–B phase diagram at T = 0, which supports the existence of a quantum critical point at x > 0.75, is obtained by the same analysis. A detailed interpretation of phase diagrams strongly indicates positive correlation between the fluctuating multipoles and the effective electron mass.