Possible devil's staircase in the Kondo lattice CeSbSe

Chen, K.-W.; Lai, Y.; Chiu, Y. -C.; Steven, S.; Besara, T.; Graf, D.; Siegrist, T.; Albrecht-Schmitt, T. E.; Balicas, L.; Baumbach, R. E.

doi:10.1103/physrevb.96.014421

Possible devil's staircase in the Kondo lattice CeSbSe

Journal Article · Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.96.014421· OSTI ID:1470215

Chen, K.-W. ^[1]; Lai, Y. ^[1]; Chiu, Y. -C. ^[1]; Steven, S. ^[2]; Besara, T. ^[1]; Graf, D. ^[1]; Siegrist, T. ^[1]; Albrecht-Schmitt, T. E. ^[2]; Balicas, L. ^[1]; Baumbach, R. E. ^[1]

Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)

The temperature-(T) magnetic-field (H) phase diagram for the tetragonal layered compound CeSbSe is determined from magnetization, specific heat, and electrical resistivity measurements. This system exhibits complex magnetic ordering at T_M = 3 K and the application of a magnetic field results in a cascade of magnetically ordered states for H ≲ 1.8 T which are characterized by fractional integer size steps: i.e., a possible devil's staircase is observed. In this work, electrical transport measurements show a weak temperature dependence and large residual resistivity which suggest a small charge-carrier density and strong scattering from the f moments. These features reveal Kondo lattice behavior where the f moments are screened incompletely, resulting in a fine balanced magnetic interaction between different Ce neighbors that is mediated by the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interaction. This produces the nearly degenerate magnetically ordered states that are accessed under an applied magnetic field.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Actinide Science & Technology (CAST)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); State of Florida; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0002613; SC0016568

OSTI ID:: 1470215

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1371605

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Journal Name: Physical Review. B Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 96; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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