Spin-glass freezing above the ordering temperature for the Kondo ferromagnet CeNi{sub 0.4}Cu{sub 0.6}

Journal Article · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1997 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.56.11741· OSTI ID:544936

Gomez Sal, J C; Garcia Soldevilla, J ^[1]; Blanco, J A ^[2]; Espeso, J I; Rodriguez Fernandez, J ^[1]; Luis, F; Bartolome, F; Bartolome, J ^[3]

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1. DCITIMAC, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cantabria, 39005 Santander (Spain)
2. Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Geologicas, Universidad de Oviedo, 33005 Oviedo (Spain)
3. Instituto de Ciencias de Materiales de Aragon, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza (Spain)

The low-temperature magnetic and transport properties of the orthorhombic CeNi{sub 0.4}Cu{sub 0.6} compound have been determined from the analysis of specific heat, ac magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, elastic and inelastic neutron scattering. These measurements present intriguing experimental results that could not be explained within the usual phenomenology of Ce-based compounds. C{sub p} and {chi}{sub ac} present anomalies around 1 K corresponding to ferromagnetic order as confirmed by neutron diffraction. The magnetic structure is collinear with very reduced moments, 0.6{mu}{sub B}/Ce lying in the b direction. Additionally, a clear Kondo behavior is observed with a Kondo temperature T{sub K}=1.9K estimated from quasielastic neutron scattering. Above the ordering temperature, further anomalies are observed in C{sub p} and {chi}{sub ac} that could not be explained as originating from crystal electric field or Kondo effects. From the frequency and field dependence of the {chi}{sub ac}, above T{sub c}, a spin-glass state with a freezing temperature T{sub f}=2K is proposed for this compound. This unusual magnetic behavior is discussed in terms of mixed (positive and negative) Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interactions, randomness (structural disorder), large hybridization (Kondo effect), and strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy (crystal electric field effects). {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 544936
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 56, Issue 18; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CERIUM ALLOYS
KONDO EFFECT
SPIN GLASS STATE
NICKEL ALLOYS
COPPER ALLOYS
SPECIFIC HEAT
MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
NEUTRON DIFFRACTION
FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS
FREEZING
ANISOTROPY
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0000-0013 K
MAGNETS