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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 107, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.026402
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- JSPS [21684019]
- MEXT Japan [17071003]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17071003, 21684019, 23102706] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Electron spin resonance (ESR) can probe conduction electrons (CE) and local moment (LM) spin systems in different materials. A CE spin resonance (CESR) is observed in metallic systems based on light elements or with enhanced Pauli susceptibility. LM ESR can be seen in compounds with paramagnetic ions and localized d or f electrons. Here we report a remarkable and unprecedented ESR signal in the heavy-fermion superconductor beta-YbAlB4 [S. Nakatsuji et al., Nature Phys. 4, 603 (2008)] which behaves as a CESR at high temperatures and acquires characteristics of the Yb3+ LM ESR at low temperature. This dual behavior strikes as an in situ unique observation of the Kondo quasiparticles in a quantum critical regime. The proximity to a quantum critical point may favor the appearance of this dual character of the ESR signal in beta-YbAlB4.
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