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arxiv: cond-mat/0602469 · v2 · submitted 2006-02-20 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el

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Thermal conductivity in the vicinity of the quantum critical endpoint in Sr3Ru2O7

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Thermal conductivity of Sr3Ru2O7 was measured down to 40 mK and at magnetic fields through the quantum critical endpoint at H_c = 7.85 T. A peak in the electrical resistivity as a function of field was mimicked by the thermal resistivity. In the limit as T -> 0 K we find that the Wiedemann-Franz law is satisfied to within 5% at all fields, implying that there is no breakdown of the electron despite the destruction of the Fermi liquid state at quantum criticality. A significant change in disorder (from $\rho_0$(H=0T) = 2.1 $\mu\Omega$ cm to 0.5 $\mu\Omega$ cm) does not influence our conclusions. At finite temperatures, the temperature dependence of the Lorenz number is consistent with ferromagnetic fluctuations causing the non-Fermi liquid behavior as one would expect at a metamagnetic quantum critical endpoint.

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