Quantum criticality and the suppression of the heavy fermion state in UBe13 by high magnetic fields

Abstract

We have measured the electrical resistivity of a single crystal of UBe13 below 1 K and in high magnetic fields to 33 T. The resistivity exhibits the T 2 dependence characteristic of a Fermi liquid at low temperatures. The field dependence of the coefficient of the T 2 term in the resistivity suggests that the heavy fermion state is suppressed by high magnetic fields. We discuss these results in light of a proposed field-induced quantum critical point immersed in the novel superconducting state of this compound.