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Title: Non-Fermi-liquid behavior and spin fluctuations in doped UAl{sub 2}

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
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  1. Institut fuer Physik, Universitaet Augsburg, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 86159 Augsburg (Germany)

Using the canonical spin-fluctuation system UAl{sub 2} as a starting point, via negative chemical pressure (doping with Y) we have expanded d{sub U-U} in a system known to be near the Hill limit of f-electron localization, and characterized the samples via resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and specific-heat measurements. All system parameters, including magnetic susceptibility, specific heat {gamma} ({equivalent_to}C/Tlim{sub T{r_arrow}0}), and spin-fluctuation temperature, behave monotonically. For U{sub 1{minus}x}Y{sub x}Al{sub 2}, 0.30{le}x{le}0.70, spin-glass behavior is found with T{sub f}{approx_equal};5.1{plus_minus}0.5 K. This spin-glass behavior weakens (T{sub f} sinks, smaller magnetic signature, no specific-heat anomaly) for x{ge}0.75 while, at the same time, the spin-fluctuation T{sup 3}lnT term also gradually disappears from the specific heat. For x{ge}0.875, a non-Fermi-liquid (nFl) lnT term is found in the low temperature C/T. This new, perhaps equilibrium, ground state persists upon further dilution of the U ions with Y. Thus, we report on the evolution of nFl behavior in the neighborhood of a spin-glass ground state but, indeed, directly out of a yet weaker form of magnetism than heretofore reported, that of spin fluctuations. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

DOE Contract Number:
FG05-86ER45268
OSTI ID:
475287
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 55, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English