| Budget Amount *help |
¥42,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥32,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥9,750,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥13,390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,090,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥19,110,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,410,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In this research project, we applied microscopic techniques that utilize synchrotron x-rays, such as x-ray absorption spectroscopy, to quantum phase transitions that occur at low temperatures and in high magnetic fields in order to reveal the order parameters and the electronic states in the quantum critical regime. In Ce-based heavy Fermion compounds, we measured the Ce valence as a function of magnetic field in detail and revealed how itinerancy of the 4f electrons is suppressed by magnetic field. In Yb-based heavy Fermion compounds, it was found that a valence transition gives rise to the metamagnetic transition in YbAgCu4 and that the electronic anomalies reported so far in YbRh2Si2 are not accompanied by a large change in electronic structure, such as Fermi surface reconstruction.
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