Investigation of the crystal structure of URu2Si2 by high-resolution X-ray diffraction

被引:8
作者
Kernavanois, N
de Réotier, PD
Yaouanc, A
Sanchez, JP [1 ]
Liss, KD
Lejay, P
机构
[1] CEA, DRFMC, SPSMS, F-38054 Grenoble 9, France
[2] European Synchrotron Radiat Facil, F-38043 Grenoble, France
[3] CNRS, F-38042 Grenoble, France
关键词
heavy fermion; magnetism; supraconductivity; X-ray diffraction;
D O I
10.1016/S0921-4526(98)01005-9
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
We report thermal expansion measurements on URu2Si2 by high-resolution X-ray diffraction done with a relative longitudinal resolution of 3 x 10(-6). Besides the abnormal thermal expansion, no lattice distortion indicating a transition into another space group was observed, i.e. the crystal remains tetragonal down to 3 K. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:648 / 649
页数:2
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