Pressure dependence of the spin gap in BaVS3 -: art. no. 081106

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作者
Kézsmárki, I [1 ]
Csonka, S
Berger, H
Forró, L
Fazekas, P
Mihály, G
机构
[1] Budapest Univ Technol & Econ, Inst Phys, Dept Phys, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
[2] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Dept Phys, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[3] Res Inst Solid State Phys & Opt, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2001年 / 63卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.63.081106
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摘要
We carried out magnetotransport experiments under hydrostatic pressure in order to study the nature of the metal-insulator transition in BaVS3. Scaling relations for rho (T,H,p) are established and the pressure dependence of the spin gap is determined. Our results, in conjunction with a reanalysis of earlier specific-heat and susceptibility data, demonstrate that the transition is weakly second order. The nature of the phase diagram in the T-p-H space is discussed.
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