Multiple regions of quantum criticality in YbAgGe
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Dilation and thermopower measurements on YbAgGe, a heavy-fermion antiferromagnet, clarify and refine the magnetic-field temperature ($H$-$T$) phase diagram and reveal a field-induced phase with $T$-linear resistivity. On the low-$H$ side of this phase we find evidence for a first-order transition and suggest that YbAgGe at 4.5 T may be close to a quantum critical end point. On the high-$H$ side our results are consistent with a second-order transition suppressed to a quantum critical point near 7.2 T. We discuss these results in light of global phase diagrams proposed for Kondo lattice systems.
Journal: Physical Review B