Affiliation:
1. Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK.
Abstract
Two-dimensional helium-3 (
3
He) provides a simple model for the experimental investigation of the emergence of quantum complexity in a strongly correlated Fermi system. We have observed two-dimensional, two-band heavy-fermion behavior in bilayer films of
3
He atoms when adsorbed on the surface of graphite preplated by a solid bilayer of
4
He. Thermodynamic measurements on this system showed that the relevant control parameter is the total density of the
3
He film. The
3
He bilayer system can be driven toward a quantum critical point at which the effective mass appears to diverge, interband coupling vanishes, and a local-moment state appears. It opens a new testing ground for theories of quantum criticality in heavy-fermion materials.
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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