An emerging global picture of heavy fermion physics

Abstract

Recent progresses using state-of-the-art experimental techniques have motivated a number of new insights on heavy fermion physics. This article gives a brief summary of the author's research along this direction. We discuss five major topics including: (1) Development of phase coherence and two-stage hybridization; (2) Two-fluid behavior and hidden universal scaling; (3) Quantum phase transitions and fractionalized heavy fermion liquid; (4) Quantum critical superconductivity; (5) Material-specific properties. These cover the most essential parts of heavy fermion physics and lead to an emerging global picture beyond conventional theories based on mean-field or local approximations.