Multiple energy scales at a quantum critical point

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5814, 2007, Pages 969-971

  Gegenwart, P ^a,d   Westerkamp, T ^a   Krellner, C ^a   Tokiwa, Y ^a,e   Paschen, S ^a,f   Geibel, C ^a   Steglich, F ^a   Abrahams, E ^b   Si, Q ^c  

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

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; YTTERBIUM;

ENERGY; HEAVY METAL; MAGNETIC FIELD; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTRUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; FERMION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTRUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33847133944     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1136020     Document Type: Article

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