Nematic Fermi fluids in condensed matter physics

E Fradkin, SA Kivelson, MJ Lawler… - Annu. Rev. Condens …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Correlated electron fluids can exhibit a startling array of complex phases, among which one
of the more surprising is the electron nematic, a translationally invariant metallic phase with …

Formation of a Nematic Fluid at High Fields in Sr3Ru2O7

RA Borzi, SA Grigera, J Farrell, RS Perry, SJS Lister… - Science, 2007 - science.org
In principle, a complex assembly of strongly interacting electrons can self-organize into a
wide variety of collective states, but relatively few such states have been identified in …

Disorder-sensitive phase formation linked to metamagnetic quantum criticality

SA Grigera, P Gegenwart, RA Borzi, F Weickert… - Science, 2004 - science.org
Condensed systems of strongly interacting electrons are ideal for the study of quantum
complexity. It has become possible to promote the formation of new quantum phases by …

Fermi Surface and van Hove Singularities in the Itinerant Metamagnet

A Tamai, MP Allan, JF Mercure, W Meevasana… - Physical review …, 2008 - APS
The low-energy electronic structure of the itinerant metamagnet Sr 3 Ru 2 O 7 is investigated
by angle-resolved photoemission and density-functional calculations. We find well-defined …

Continuous Evolution of the Fermi Surface of across the Metamagnetic Transition

R Daou, C Bergemann, SR Julian - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
We present new, high resolution Hall effect and magnetoresistance measurements across
the metamagnetic transition in the heavy fermion compound CeRu 2 Si 2. The results, and …

Acute enhancement of the upper critical field for superconductivity approaching a quantum critical point in URhGe

F Lévy, I Sheikin, A Huxley - Nature Physics, 2007 - nature.com
When a pure material is tuned to the point where a continuous phase-transition line is
crossed at zero temperature, known as a quantum critical point (QCP), completely new …

Nested Fermi Surface and Electronic Instability in

F Baumberger, NJC Ingle, N Kikugawa, MA Hossain… - Physical review …, 2006 - APS
High-resolution angular resolved photoemission data reveal well-defined quasiparticle
bands of unusually low weight, emerging in line with the metallic phase of Ca 3 Ru 2 O 7 …

Heavy d-electron quasiparticle interference and real-space electronic structure of Sr3Ru2O7

J Lee, MP Allan, MA Wang, J Farrell, SA Grigera… - Nature Physics, 2009 - nature.com
The intriguing idea that strongly interacting electrons can generate spatially inhomogeneous
electronic liquid-crystalline phases is over a decade old,,,,, but these systems still represent …

Magnetic field-tuned quantum critical point in

L Balicas, S Nakatsuji, H Lee, P Schlottmann… - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
Transport, magnetic, and thermal properties at high magnetic fields (H) and low
temperatures (T) of the heavy-fermion compound CeAuSb 2 are reported. At H= 0 this …

Metamagnetic Quantum Criticality in Studied by Thermal Expansion

P Gegenwart, F Weickert, M Garst, RS Perry, Y Maeno - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
We report low-temperature thermal expansion measurements on the bilayer ruthenate Sr 3
Ru 2 O 7 as a function of magnetic field applied perpendicular to the ruthenium-oxide …