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Title: Non-Fermi-liquid scaling of the magnetic response in UCu{sub 5{minus}{ital x}}Pd{sub {ital x}}({ital x}=1,1.5)

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. The Harrison M. Randall Laboratory of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1120 (United States)

We have determined the magnetic response {ital S}({omega}) of UCu{sub 5{minus}{ital x}}Pd{sub {ital x}}({ital x}=1,1.5) for temperatures {ital T} ranging from 12 to 300 K and energy transfers {omega} from 0.5 to 200 meV. {ital S}({omega}) is virtually identical in the two compounds, displaying localized moment dynamics for {omega}{approx_gt}25 meV. For {omega}{lt}25 meV, temperature provides the only energy scale for the magnetic excitations with the dynamical susceptibility described by a universal scaling function {chi}{double_prime}({omega},{ital T}){similar_to}{omega}{sup {minus}1/3}{ital Z}({omega}/{ital T}). We argue that {ital S}({omega}) represents critical scattering associated with a {ital T}=0 phase transition, whose origin lies with the magnetic screening of individual uranium ions.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
83986
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 75, Issue 4; Other Information: PBD: 24 Jul 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English