Thermal Conductivity through the Quantum Critical Point in YbRh2Si2 at Very Low Temperature

The thermal conductivity of YbRh2Si2 has been measured down to very low temperatures under field in the basal plane. An additional channel for heat transport appears below 30 mK, both in the antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic states, respectively, below and above the critical field suppressing the m...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2015-07, Vol.115 (4)
Hauptverfasser: Taupin, M, Knebel, G, Matsuda, T D, Lapertot, G, Machida, Y, Izawa, K, Brison, J-P, Flouquet, J
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Zusammenfassung:The thermal conductivity of YbRh2Si2 has been measured down to very low temperatures under field in the basal plane. An additional channel for heat transport appears below 30 mK, both in the antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic states, respectively, below and above the critical field suppressing the magnetic order. This excludes antiferromagnetic magnons as the origin of this additional contribution to thermal conductivity. Moreover, this low temperature contribution prevails a definite conclusion on the validity or violation of the Wiedemann-Franz law at the field-induced quantum critical point.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.046402