Lifshitz transitions and quasiparticle de-renormalization in YbRh2Si2

Abstract

We study the effect of magnetic fields up to 15 T on the heavy fermion state of YbRh _2 Si _2 via Hall effect and magnetoresistivity measurements down to 50 mK. Our data show anomalies at three different characteristic fields. We compare our data to renormalized band structure calculations through which we identify Lifshitz transitions associated with the heavy fermion bands. The Hall measurements indicate that the de-renormalization of the quasiparticles, i.e. the destruction of the local Kondo singlets, occurs smoothly while the Lifshitz transitions occur within rather confined regions of the magnetic field.