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Nature Physics 5, 460 - 461 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nphys1323

Subject Category: Condensed-matter physics

Quantum phases of matter: Room for one more

T. Senthil1

  1. T. Senthil is in the Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, USA.
    e-mail: senthil@mit.edu


In YbRh2Si2, the transitions to a heavy Fermi-liquid state and to a magnetic phase occur at a single quantum critical point. But under chemical pressure, these transitions separate, and a new phase of matter appears in between.

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