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Thermodynamic constraints on the amplitude of quantum oscillations

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

Arkady Shekhter
K. Modic
R. McDonald
B. Ramshaw

Abstract

Magneto-quantum oscillation experiments in high-temperature superconductors show a strong thermally induced suppression of the oscillation amplitude approaching the critical dopings [B. J. Ramshaw, Science 348, 317 (2014)SCIEAS0036-807510.1126/science.aaa4990; H. Shishido, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 057008 (2010)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.104.057008; P. Walmsley, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 257002 (2013)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.110.257002] - in support of a quantum-critical origin of their phase diagrams. We suggest that, in addition to a thermodynamic mass enhancement, these experiments may directly indicate the increasing role of quantum fluctuations that suppress the quantum oscillation amplitude through inelastic scattering. We show that the traditional theoretical approaches beyond Lifshitz-Kosevich to calculate the oscillation amplitude in correlated metals result in a contradiction with the third law of thermodynamics and suggest a way to rectify this problem. © 2017 American Physical Society.

Date Published

Journal

Physical Review B

Volume

95

Issue

12

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85016276901&doi=10.1103%2fPhysRevB.95.121106&partnerID=40&md5=2eb26bb30562bc1c56962e9f4c07f6dd

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.95.121106

Group (Lab)

Brad Ramshaw Group

Funding Source

PHY-1066293
DMR-1157490
1066293
1157490

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