The break-up of heavy electrons at a quantum critical point

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6948, 2003, Pages 524-527

  Custers, J ^a   Gegenwart, P ^a   Wilhelm, H ^a   Neumaler, K ^b   Tokiwa, Y ^a   Trovarelli, O ^a   Geibel, C ^a   Steglich, F ^a   Pepin C ^c   Coleman, P ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

QUANTUM CRITICAL POINT;

QUANTUM THEORY;

GERMANIUM DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM DERIVATIVE; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

CRITICAL STATE; ELECTRON;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON; HEAT; KINETICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0043156130     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01774     Document Type: Article

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