Evidence for non-Fermi liquid behavior in the Kondo alloy Y sub 1 minus x U sub x Pd sub 3

Journal Article · Mon Nov 11 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.2882· OSTI ID:6259627

Seaman, C L; Maple, M B; Lee, B W; Ghamaty, S ^[1]; Torikachvili, M S ^[2]; Kang, J; Liu, L Z; Allen, J W ^[3]; Cox, D L ^[4]

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1. Department of Physics and Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California (USA)
2. Department of Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, California (USA)
3. Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)
4. Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (USA)

We present measurements of electrical resitivity {rho}({ital T}), specific heat {ital C}({ital T}), entropy {ital S}({ital T}), and magnetic susceptibility {chi}({ital T}) as functions of temperature {ital T} for the alloy system Y{sub 1{minus}{ital x}}U{sub {ital x}}Pd{sub 3}. For {ital x}=0.2, {rho}({ital T})/{rho}(0) is almost linear in {ital T} for 0.2{le}{ital T}{le}20 K, and {ital C}({ital T})/{ital T}{similar to}{minus}ln({alpha}{ital T}) for 0.6{lt}{ital T}{lt}16 K. Also, the added molar entropy per {ital U}, {Delta}{ital S}({ital T}){minus}{Delta}{ital S}(0) appears to saturate to ({ital R}/2)ln(2), suggesting that {Delta}{ital S}(0){approx}({ital R}/2)ln(2). We argue that our data provide comprehensive evidence in a dilute alloy for the two-channel quadrupolar Kondo effect ({ital T}{sub {ital K}}{approx}42 K) with concomitant marginal Fermi liquid'' phenomenology.

• DOE Contract Number: FG03-86ER45230
• OSTI ID: 6259627
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (United States) Vol. 67:20; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENTROPY
KONDO EFFECT
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY
PALLADIUM ALLOYS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLATINUM METAL ALLOYS
SPECIFIC HEAT
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TERNARY ALLOY SYSTEMS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
ULTRALOW TEMPERATURE
URANIUM ALLOYS
VERY LOW TEMPERATURE
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