Local moments in the heterogeneous electronic state of Cd or Zn-substituted CeCoIn; Around Kondo holes

Sakai, Hironori; Hattori, Taisuke; Tokunaga, Yo; Kambe, Shinsaku; Yokoyama, Makoto*; Zhu, J.-X.*; Ronning, F.*; Bauer, E. D.*; Thompson, J. D.*

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We have used nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) to probe microscopically the response of a prototypical quantum critical metal CeCoIn to substitutions of small amounts of Cd or Zn for In. Such non-magnetic Cd or Zn substitutions induce a long range antiferromagnetism. In the case of the Cd substitutions, approximately half of the Cd substituents induce local Ce moments in their close proximity, as observed by site-dependent longitudinal nuclear spin relaxation rates . In the case of Zn substitutions, the similar site dependence of is observed as well. We will discuss about the heterogeneous electronic state realized in such a dilutely substituted system.