Abstract
Comprehensive study using DC transport, specific heat, magnetization, and two-coil mutual inductance measurements unveils an understanding of three temperature regimes in SmB_6: (i) T geq T^{*} (sim66K), (ii) T_g (sim40 K) leq T < T^{*}, and (iii) T < T_g. Onset of Kondo breakdown below T^{*} releases disorder-driven magnetic fluctuations, which splits the bulk (sim116K) and surface Kondo temperature (T_k^{s} approx 7 K). Below T_g, as magnetic fluctuations subside, surface Kondo screening revives, stabilizing the topological surface state and generating an in-gap feature (sim2.2 meV) across which Dirac-like carriers are excited. Nyquist impedance analysis reveals a crossover from purely capacitive to capacitive-inductive behavior, signalling a disorder-driven two-fluid phase of heavy quasiparticles and light, high-mobility carriers below T_g. We identify a characteristic length scale, L_{ν_0}(T), associated with the high-mobility phase, exhibiting an almost divergent trend below T_k^{s}. These findings underscore the complex nature of the surface conducting state in SmB_6.
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