A strange strange metal

Abstract

Physics The so-called strange metal phase appears in the phase diagrams of many quantum materials, including cuprate high-temperature superconductors and heavy fermion compounds. Strange metals frequently occur in the vicinity of antiferromagnetism, suggesting a connection between the two. Now, Shen et al . reveal an unusual strange metal phase near a ferromagnetic quantum critical point in the quasi–one-dimensional material CeRh6Ge4. The researchers observed anomalous transport and thermodynamics properties typical of strange metals near the critical pressure at which the material becomes ferromagnetic. Nature 579 , 51 (2020).