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M Brando1, W J Duncan, D Moroni-Klementowicz
1Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
The d-electron low temperature magnet NbFe2 is poised near the threshold of magnetism at ambient pressure, and can be tuned across the associated quantum critical point by adjusting the precise stoichiometry within the Nb1-yFe2+y homogeneity range. In a nearly critical single crystal (y= -0.01), we observe a T3/2 power-law dependence of the resistivity rho on temperature T and a logarithmic temperature dependence of the Sommerfeld coefficient gamma=C/T of the specific heat capacity C over nearly 2 orders of magnitude in temperature, extending down to 0.1 K.
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