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Pressure Tuned Insulator to Metal Transition in Eu$_2$Ir$_2$O$_7$

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arxiv 1107.2544 v2 pith:HQKMM2L6 submitted 2011-07-13 cond-mat.str-el cond-mat.other

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keywords pressuremetalstatetemperaturecrossesgroundhighinsulating
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We have studied the effect of pressure on the pyrochlore iridate Eu$_2$Ir$_2$O$_7$, which at ambient pressure has a thermally driven insulator to metal transition at $T_{MI}\sim120$\,K. As a function of pressure the insulating gap closes, apparently continuously, near $P \sim 6$\,GPa. However, rather than $T_{MI}$ going to zero as expected, the insulating ground state crosses over to a metallic state with a negative temperature coefficient of resistivity, calling into question the true nature of both ground states. The high temperature state also crosses over near 6 GPa, from an incoherent to a conventional metal, suggesting a connection between the high and the low temperature states.

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