Strong valence fluctuation in the quantum critical heavy fermion superconductor β-YbAlB4: A hard x-ray photoemission study

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Okawa, M ^a   Matsunami, M ^a,b,d   Ishizaka, K ^a   Eguchi, R ^a,b,e   Taguchi, M ^b   Chainani, A ^b   Takata, Y ^b   Yabashi, M ^b,c   Tamasaku, K ^b   Nishino, Y ^b,f   Ishikawa, T ^b,c   Kuga, K ^a   Horie, N ^a   Nakatsuji, S ^a   Shin, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN SPring 8 Center ^*  (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-LEVEL SPECTRA; HARD X-RAY PHOTOEMISSION; HARD X-RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY FERMION SYSTEMS; HEAVY-FERMION SUPERCONDUCTOR; MIXED VALENCE; QUANTUM CRITICAL; QUANTUM CRITICALITY; VALENCE BAND SPECTRA; VALENCE FLUCTUATIONS;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FERMIONS; PHOTOEMISSION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; YTTERBIUM;

HEAVY FERMION SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 77953512578     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.247201     Document Type: Article

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