By Y. Kuramoto

Heavy electrons are came upon between a couple of lanthanide and actinide compounds, and are characterised by means of a wide potent mass which turns into akin to the mass of a muon. Heavy electrons show wealthy phenomena reminiscent of unconventional superconductivity, vulnerable antiferromagnetism and pseudo metamagnetism, notwithstanding, a few of the tested rules and methods with regards to theoretical and experimental physics of strongly correlated electrons are inadequate to appreciate heavy electrons. at the theoretical facet, huge, immense quantities of quantum fluctuations have introduced catastrophe to celebrated mean-field theories. nevertheless, severe experimental stipulations are required resembling making use of robust magnetic fields and strain at ultralow temperatures. This ebook is a case research for using and checking out just about all instruments in theoretical and experimental condensed-matter physics to heavy electron platforms. Graduate scholars and researchers who are looking to paintings on strongly correlated condensed-matter structures will locate within the ebook many examples of the way the normal suggestions on solids paintings or don't paintings in heavy -electron structures.

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