Abstract
We report a chemical substitution-induced ferromagnetic quantum critical point in polycrystalline Ni1−xRhx alloys. Through magnetization and muon spin relaxation measurements, we show that the ferromagnetic ordering temperature is suppressed continuously to zero at xcrit ¼ 0.375 while the magnetic volume fraction remains 100% up to xcrit, pointing to a second order transition. Non-Fermi liquid behavior is observed close to xcrit, where the electronic specific heat Cel=T diverges logarithmically, while immediately above xcrit the volume thermal expansion coefficient αV=T and the Grüneisen ratio Γ ¼ αV=Cel both diverge logarithmically in the low temperature limit, further indication of a ferromagnetic quantum critical point in Ni1−xRhx.
Department(s)
Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.117203
Rights Information
© 2020 American Physical Society
Publication Date
3-19-2020
Recommended Citation
Huang, C-L., A. M. Hallas, K. Grube, S. Kuntz, B. Spieß, K. Bayliff, T. Besara et al. "Quantum Critical Point in the Itinerant Ferromagnet Ni 1− x Rh x." Physical review letters 124, no. 11 (2020): 117203.
Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
