High-pressure studies on heavy fermion systems

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/25/7/077401

Abstract

In this review article, we give a brief overview of heavy fermions, which are prototype examples of strongly correlated electron systems. We introduce the application of physical pressure in heavy fermion systems to construct their pressure phase diagrams and to study the close relationship between superconductivity (SC) and other electronic instabilities, such as antiferromagnetism (AFM), ferromagnetism (FM), and valence transitions. Field-angle dependent heat capacity and point-contact spectroscopic measurements under pressure are taken as examples to illustrate their ability to investigate novel physical properties of the emergent electronic states.

Keywords: heavy fermion high pressure superconductivity

Received: 21 July 2015
Revised: 25 August 2015
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PACS:	62.50.-p	(High-pressure effects in solids and liquids)
	74.62.Fj	(Effects of pressure)
	74.70.Tx	(Heavy-fermion superconductors)

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Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CBA00103), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11174245 and 11374257), the Science Challenge Program of China, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China.

Corresponding Authors: Xin Lu, Huiqiu Yuan
E-mail: xinluphy@zju.edu.cn

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Ye Chen(陈晔), Zongfa Weng(翁宗法), Smidman Michael, Xin Lu(路欣), Huiqiu Yuan(袁辉球) High-pressure studies on heavy fermion systems 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 077401

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