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How do holes get heavy and superconduct?

  • Neil Harrison
  • , S. E. Sebastian
  • , C. D. Batista
  • , Stuart Alan Trugman

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Abstract

We discuss the implications of recent de Haas-van Alphen effect (magnetic quantum oscillation) measurements on cubic CeIn3, which reveal pockets of f-electron holes centered at Q / 2 in the Brillouin zone (where Q = [π, π, π] is the antiferromagnetic modulation vector). This system had previously been identified as a local-moment magnet in which the f-electrons are completely localized. We discuss the Lifshitz Fermi surface topological changes in these pockets that takes place in strong magnetic fields and that is likely to take place as a function of pressure. We further discuss the implications for pressure-tuned superconductivity and the relevance of the experimental findings to CeRhIn5 and cuprate superconductors.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)977-981
Number of pages5
JournalPhysica B: Physics of Condensed Matter
Volume403
Issue number5-9
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2008

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