Annealing, lattice disorder, and non-Fermi-liquid behavior inUCu 4 Pd
Author(s) -
Corwin H. Booth,
ErnstWilhelm Scheidt,
U. Killer,
Alexander Weber,
Stefan Kehrein
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
physical review. b, condensed matter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1095-3795
pISSN - 0163-1829
DOI - 10.1103/physrevb.66.140402
Subject(s) - annealing (glass) , fermi liquid theory , lattice (music) , condensed matter physics , fermi gamma ray space telescope , physics , simulated annealing , fermi level , materials science , crystallography , thermodynamics , computer science , machine learning , nuclear physics , chemistry , superconductivity , electron , acoustics
The magnetic and electronic properties of non-Fermi liquid UCu{sub 4Pd} depend on annealing conditions. Local structural changes due to this annealing are reported from UL{sub III}- and Pd K-edge x-ray absorption fine-structure measurements. In particular, annealing decreases the fraction of Pd atoms on nominally Cu 16e sites and the U-Cu pair-distance distribution width. This study provides quantitative information on the amount of disorder in UCu{sub 4Pd} and allows an assessment of its possible importance to the observed non-Fermi liquid behavior
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