Non-fermi liquid behavior and Griffiths phase in f-electron compounds

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作者
Castro Neto, AH [1 ]
Castilla, G
Jones, BA
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[1] Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Phys, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
[2] IBM Corp, Almaden Res Ctr, San Jose, CA 95120 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.3531
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We study the interplay among disorder, RKKY, and Kondo interactions in f-electron alloys. We argue that the non-Fermi liquid behavior observed in these systems is due to the existence of a Griffiths phase close to a quantum critical point. The existence of this phase provides a unified picture of a large class of materials. We also propose new experiments that can test these ideas.
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