Magneto-transport properties governed by the antiferromagnetic fluctuations in heavy fermion superconductor CeIrIn5
Abstract
In quasi-two dimensional Ce(Ir,Rh)In5 system, it has been suggested that the phase diagram contains two distinct domes with different heavy fermion superconducting states. We here report the systematic pressure dependence of the electron transport properties in the normal state of CeRh0.2Ir0.8In5 and CeIrIn5, which locates in first and second superconducting dome, respectively. We observed non-Fermi liquid behavior at low temperatures in both compounds, including non-quadratic T-dependence of the resistivity, large enhancement of the Hall coefficient, and the violation of the Kohler's rule in the magnetoresistance. We show that the cotangent of Hall angle H varies as T2, and the magnetoresistance is quite well scaled by the Hall angle as xx/xx 2H. The observed transport anomalies are common features of CeMIn5 (M=Co, Rh, and Ir) and high-Tc cuprates, suggesting that the anomalous transport properties observed in CeIrIn5 are mainly governed by the antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations, not by the Ce-valence fluctuations which has been proposed to be the possible origin for the second superconducting dome.