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Title: Crystalline Electric Fields and the Magnetic Ground State for the Heusler Intermetallic YbRh2Pb

Journal Article · · Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

We have synthesized an intermetallic compound with a distorted Heusler structure, YbRh2Pb. We present a study of the magnetic, thermal, and transport properties. Heat capacity measurements revealed that YbRh2Pb magnetically orders below TN=0.57 K from a paramagnetic state with substantial crystal electric field splitting. Magnetic field further splits the ground state, which leads to the suppression of magnetic order in YbRh2Pb.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source
Sponsoring Organization:
Doe - Office Of Science
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
960022
Report Number(s):
BNL-83008-2009-JA; PRBMDO; TRN: US1005878
Journal Information:
Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 77, Issue 17; ISSN 0163-1829
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English