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arxiv: cond-mat/0403251 · v1 · submitted 2004-03-09 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el · cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Pomeranchuk effect in unstable Ytterbium systems

classification ❄️ cond-mat.str-el cond-mat.mtrl-sci
keywords phaseeffectfermiliquidlocalmomentpomeranchukrenormalized
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$YbInCu_{4}$ and its alloys present discontinuous, first order iso-structural transitions at pressure dependent temperatures $T_V(P)$, where a local moment phase coexist with a renormalized Fermi liquid phase. We show that along the coexistence line $T_V(P)$ the entropy of the large volume renormalized Fermi liquid phase is smaller than that of the higher density, local moment phase. This implies the existence of a Pomeranchuk effect in these Kondo lattice materials in analogy with $^3He$. The theoretical possibility of using these systems as cooling machines is discussed.

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