Antiferromagnetic transitions in the Kondo lattice systemCe 2 Ni 3 Ge <…
Author(s) -
Z. Hossain,
Syunsuke Hamashima,
Kazunori Umeo,
T. Takabatake,
C. Geibel,
F. Steglich
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
physical review. b, condensed matter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1095-3795
pISSN - 0163-1829
DOI - 10.1103/physrevb.62.8950
Subject(s) - antiferromagnetism , condensed matter physics , magnetization , physics , specific heat , magnetoresistance , heat capacity , electrical resistivity and conductivity , materials science , magnetic field , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics
Our investigation of ${\mathrm{Ce}}_{2}{\mathrm{Ni}}_{3}{\mathrm{Ge}}_{5}$ by means of transport, specific heat and magnetization measurements shows that the compound is a Kondo lattice system exhibiting two antiferromagnetic transitions at ${T}_{N1}=5.1\mathrm{K}$ and ${T}_{N2}=4.5\mathrm{K}.$ An analysis of the transport and specific heat data suggests that the Kondo energy scale ${k}_{B}{T}_{K}$ is of the order of ${k}_{B}{T}_{N}.$ The resistivity and heat capacity data below 4 K are suggestive of the appearance of a spin-wave gap. The compound exhibits giant magnetoresistance at low temperature. The crystal field splitting is estimated to be about 180 K.
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