The measurements on temperature dependences of magnetic susceptibility χ（T）, specific heat C（T）, and electrical resistivity ρ（T） were carried out for the antiferromagnetic（AFM）（Ce（1-x）Lax）2Ir3Ge5（0 ≤ x...The measurements on temperature dependences of magnetic susceptibility χ（T）, specific heat C（T）, and electrical resistivity ρ（T） were carried out for the antiferromagnetic（AFM）（Ce（1-x）Lax）2Ir3Ge5（0 ≤ x ≤ 0.66） system. It was found that the Neel temperature TNdecreases with increasing La content x, and reaches 0 K near a critical content xcr =0.6. A new phase diagram was constructed based on these measurements. A non-Fermi liquid behavior in ρ（T） and a log T relationship in C（T） were found in the samples near xcr, indicating them to be near an AFM quantum critical point（QCP） with strong spin fluctuation. Our finding indicates that（Ce（1-x）Lax）2Ir3Ge5 may be a new platform to search for unconventional superconductivity.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant Nos.2016FYA0300402,2015CB921004,and 2012CB821404)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11374261 and 11204059)
文摘The measurements on temperature dependences of magnetic susceptibility χ（T）, specific heat C（T）, and electrical resistivity ρ（T） were carried out for the antiferromagnetic（AFM）（Ce（1-x）Lax）2Ir3Ge5（0 ≤ x ≤ 0.66） system. It was found that the Neel temperature TNdecreases with increasing La content x, and reaches 0 K near a critical content xcr =0.6. A new phase diagram was constructed based on these measurements. A non-Fermi liquid behavior in ρ（T） and a log T relationship in C（T） were found in the samples near xcr, indicating them to be near an AFM quantum critical point（QCP） with strong spin fluctuation. Our finding indicates that（Ce（1-x）Lax）2Ir3Ge5 may be a new platform to search for unconventional superconductivity.
