Energy scales and the non-Fermi liquid behavior in YbRh2Si 2
V. R.Shaginyan+, M. Ya. Amusia*, K. G. Popov∇, S. A. Artamonov+
+Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute RAS, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
*Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
∇Komi Science Center Ural Division RAS, 167982 Syktyvkar, Russia
PACS: 71.10.Hf, 71.27.+a, 73.43.Qt
Abstract
Multiple energy scales are detected in measurements of the
thermodynamic and transport properties in heavy fermion metals. We
demonstrate that the experimental data on the energy scales can be
well described by the scaling behavior of the effective mass at the
fermion condensation quantum phase transition, and show that the
dependence of the effective mass on temperature and applied magnetic
fields gives rise to the non-Fermi liquid behavior. Our analysis is
placed in the context of recent salient experimental results. Our
calculations of the non-Fermi liquid behavior, of the scales and
thermodynamic and transport properties are in good agreement with
the heat capacity, magnetization, longitudinal magnetoresistance and
magnetic entropy obtained in remarkable measurements on the heavy
fermion metal YbRh2Si2.