MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES OF CE2CU8AL9 SINGLE-CRYSTAL - NEW HEAVY-FERMION MATERIAL

被引:12
作者
KONTANI, M
IDO, H
NISHIOKA, T
ANDO, H
KURAHASHI, Y
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University
关键词
CE2CU8AL9; SINGLE CRYSTAL; HEAVY FERMIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;
D O I
10.1143/JPSJ.63.863
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We report magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity and specific heat measurements on single-crystal specimens of Ce2Cu8Al9 with the rhombohedral Th2Zn17-type crystal structure. The low-temperature specific heat has revealed heavy-fermion behavior, i.e., C/T attaining an extremely large value of about 2.7 J/K2 mol-Ce around 0.7 K, which is greatly reduced by an applied magnetic field, namely, down to less than half of the zero-field value for H = 5.2 T. It is indicated from the present experiments that Ce2Cu8Al9 is a new heavy-fermion material of T(K) is similar to 3 K.
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页码:863 / 866
页数:4
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