| dc.contributor.advisor | Schmiedeshoff, George M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brown, Caitlin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-13T14:57:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-08-13T14:57:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-01-01 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://scholar.oxy.edu/handle/20.500.12711/1110 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We searched for evidence of quantum phase transitions in the heavy fermion antiferromagnet YbAgGe with high magnetic fields applied along the crystallographic c-axis. Using a capacitive dilatometer we measured the thermal expansion of the crystal in fixed magnetic fields ranging from 0T to 9T. With this information and recent magnetostriction data we created a phase diagram that shows two regions of magnetic order in the magnetic field-temperature plane. We discuss these results in light of recent work suggesting quantum phase transitions in this material. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Faculty-Student Summer Research Fellowship | |
| dc.title | The Thermal Expansion of the Heavy Fermion Antiferromagnet YbAgGe | |
| dc.type | article | |
| dc.abstract.format | html | |
| dc.description.department | physics | |
| dc.source.issue | urc_student | |
| dc.identifier.legacy | https://scholar.oxy.edu/urc_student/479 | |
| dc.source.status | published | |
