High-field magnetoresistance and quantum effects in the organic compound (TMTSF)2PF6

Abstract

The transverse magnetoresistance of (TMTSF)2PF6 has been investigated in magnetic fields up to 32 T, at low temperatures down to 4.2 K. Shubnikov-de-Haas oscillations are directly observed on the magnetoresistance in fields higher than 18 T, but there is no evidence of a threshold field since the disappearance of oscillations can be explained by the normal field-dependent damping. However these oscillations vanish very quickly between 5 and 4.2 K. This unusual behaviour could be related to a phase-transition. Finally an exploration of the fundamental field versus 0 is given (θ = angle between B and c*), showing the warping of the « Fermi tubes » along the c* axis