Quantum Critical Point in Heavy Fermions
Abstract
The concept that heavy fermions are close to a quantum critical point and that this proximity determines their physical behavior, has opened new perspectives in the study of these systems. It has provided a new paradigm for understanding and probing the properties of these strongly correlated materials. Scaling ideas were important to establish this approach. We give below a brief and personal account of the genesis of some of these ideas 15 years ago, their implications and the future prospects for this exciting field.
- Publication:
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Brazilian Journal of Physics
- Pub Date:
- March 2005
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0412321
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/0412321
- Bibcode:
- 2005BrJPh..35..197A
- Keywords:
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- Strongly Correlated Electrons;
- Statistical Mechanics
- E-Print:
- 7 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Brazilian Journal of Physics