Ferromagnetic quantum critical point protected by nonsymmorphic symmetry in a Kondo metal.

ABSTRACT: Quantum critical points (QCPs), zero-temperature phase transitions, are windows to fundamental quantum-mechanical phenomena associated with universal behaviour. Magnetic QCPs have been extensively investigated in the vicinity of antiferromagnetic order. However, QCPs are rare in metallic ferromagnets due to the coupling of the order parameter to electronic soft modes. Recently, antisymmetric spin-orbit coupling in noncentrosymmetric systems was suggested to protect ferromagnetic QCPs. Nonetheless, multiple centrosymmetric materials host FM QCPs, suggesting a more general mechanism behind their protection. In this context, CeSi_2-δ, a dense Kondo lattice crystallising in a centrosymmetric structure, exhibits ferromagnetic order when Si is replaced with Ag. We report that the Ag-su

SUBMITTER: Shin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11439045 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature