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Ground state in CeAl{sub 3}: A Ce{sub 1{minus}{ital x}}La{sub {ital x}}Al{sub 3} study

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
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  1. Physics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)
By performing La doping on the Ce sites we have demonstrated that the heavy-fermion ground state in CeAl{sub 3} is extremely unstable toward local-moment antiferromagnetism. Profound changes in the low-temperature specific heat are already seen at the 1% doping level. We believe that this sensitivity to structural/chemical modifications is responsible for a large number of the mutually contradictory experimental results reported for CeAl{sub 3}. Further, we propose that the weak {ital C}/{ital T} structure observed for some CeAl{sub 3} samples near 0.4 K has a magnetic origin.
DOE Contract Number:
FG05-86ER45268
OSTI ID:
249430
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 52; ISSN PRBMDO; ISSN 0163-1829
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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