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. 1995 Jul 18;92(15):6663–6667. doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.15.6663

The physics and chemistry of heavy fermions.

Z Fisk 1, J L Sarrao 1, J L Smith 1, J D Thompson 1
PMCID: PMC41392  PMID: 11607558

Abstract

The heavy fermions are a subset of the f-electron intermetallic compounds straddling the magnetic/nonmagnetic boundary. Their low-temperature properties are characterized by an electronic energy scale of order 1-10 K. Among the low-temperature ground states observed in heavy fermion compounds are exotic superconductors and magnets, as well as unusual semiconductors. We review here the current experimental and theoretical understanding of these systems.

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