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High-temperature antiferromagnetism in Yb based heavy fermion systems proximate to a Kondo insulator
Phys. Rev. Research 3, 023140 – Published 24 May, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.023140
Abstract
Given the parallelism between the physical properties of Ce- and Yb-based magnets and heavy fermions due to the electron-hole symmetry, it has been rather odd that the transition temperature of the Yb-based compounds is normally very small, as low as or even lower, whereas Ce counterparts may often have the transition temperature well exceeding 10 K. Here, we report our experimental discovery of the transition temperature reaching 20 K in a Yb-based compound at ambient pressure. The Mn substitution at the Al site in an intermediate valence state of not only induces antiferromagnetic transition at a record high temperature of 20 K but also transforms the heavy-fermion liquid state in into a highly resistive metallic state proximate to a Kondo insulator.
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