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Acoustic anomalies in UPt{3} at high magnetic fields and low temperatures.

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B
OSTI ID:943169
Ultrasound velocity and attenuation measurements were performed on single crystals of the heavy fermion compound UPt{sub 3} in magnetic fields up to 33 T and at temperatures ranging from 2.4 K to below 0.1 K. With longitudinal sound propagated in the crystallographic basal plane, parallel to the applied field, the familiar elastic softening is observed at the metamagnetic transition field H-20.2 T. More complicated structure emerges at low temperatures, including quantum acoustic oscillations and a second velocity minimum at -21.6 T. A weak frequency dependence (dispersion) is observed in the velocity. The ultrasonic data are analyzed using the Landau-Khalatnikov formalism, from which temperature- and field-dependent relaxation times are deduced.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
SC; NSF; OGA
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
943169
Report Number(s):
ANL/MSD/JA-37983
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B, Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B Journal Issue: 17 ; Nov. 1, 2000 Vol. 62; ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH

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