Non-Fermi-liquid, magnetic, and Kondo behavior in the heavy-fermion system U{sub {bold 2}}Cu{sub 17{minus}x}Al{sub x} (5{le}x{le}10)
- Department of Physics, University of Florida, P.O. Box 118440, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)
- W. Trzebiatowski Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 937, 50-950 Wroclaw (Poland)
Results of specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, magnetization, and electrical resistivity for the heavy-fermion alloy system U{sub 2}Cu{sub 17{minus}x}Al{sub x} (5{le}x{le}10) are presented. The nonmagnetic alloy U{sub 2}Cu{sub 12}Al{sub 5} exhibits non-Fermi-liquid characteristics at low temperatures: {rho}{proportional_to}T and C/T {proportional_to} lnT. These non-Fermi-liquid characteristics also persist for other alloys corresponding to x{gt}5, which are all weakly magnetic. This magnetic behavior is revealed by a maximum in zero-field-cooled {chi}, a discrepancy between zero-field-cooled and field-cooled {chi} below this maximum, and a corresponding shoulder in C/T. The transition temperature identified by the shoulder in C/T is largest for x=8 (about 2.5 K) and decreases monotonically for either increasing or decreasing x. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 550534
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 56, Issue 22; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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