Ferromagnetic quantum critical point induced by dimer-breaking in SrCo 2 (Ge 1-x P x ) 2

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-210

  Jia, Shuang ^a   Jiramongkolchai, Pawina ^a   Suchomel, M R ^b   Toby, B H ^b   Checkelsky, J G ^a   Ong, N P ^a   Cava, R J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DIMERS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; TUNING;

APPLIED PRESSURE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRONIC BANDWIDTH; QUANTUM CRITICAL POINTS; STATE POPULATION; UNIT-CELL DIMENSIONS; WEAK ITINERANT FERROMAGNETISM; ZERO TEMPERATURES;

COBALT ALLOYS;

EID: 79952449369     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1868     Document Type: Article

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