Field-induced quantum critical point in the new itinerant antiferromagnet Ti$_3$Cu$_4$

arxiv(2021)

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New phases of matter emerge at the edge of magnetic instabilities. In local moment magnets, such as heavy fermions, the magnetism can be destabilized by pressure, chemical doping, and, rarely, by magnetic field, towards a zero-temperature transition at a quantum critical point (QCP). Even more rare are instances of QCPs induced by pressure or doping in itinerant moment systems, with no known examples of analogous field-induced $T$ = 0 transitions. Here we report the discovery of a new itinerant antiferromagnet with no magnetic constituents, Ti$_3$Cu$_4$, with $T_N$~=~11.3 K. A small magnetic field, $H_c$ = 4.87 T, suppreses the long-range order, via a continuous second-order transition, resulting in a field-induced QCP. A non-Fermi liquid (NFL) to Fermi liquid (FL) crossover is observed, starting at the QCP, as revealed by the power law behavior of the electrical resistivity. Band structure calculations point to an orbital-selective, spin density wave ground state, a consequence of the square net structural motif in Ti$_3$Cu$_4$.
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critical point,quantum,field-induced
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