STUDY OF THE 1-K PHASE-TRANSITION IN THE HEAVY-ELECTRON COMPOUND UCU5 BY MUON SPIN-RESONANCE AND NEUTRON-SCATTERING

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作者
SCHENCK, A
BIRRER, P
GYGAX, FN
HITTI, B
LIPPELT, E
WEBER, M
BONI, P
FISCHER, P
OTT, HR
FISK, Z
机构
[1] PAUL SCHERRER INST,CH-5232 VILLIGEN,SWITZERLAND
[2] ETH ZURICH,NEUTRONENSTREUUNG LAB,CH-5232 VILLIGEN,SWITZERLAND
[3] SWISS FED INST TECHNOL,FESTKORPERPHYS LAB,CH-8093 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
[4] UNIV CALIF LOS ALAMOS SCI LAB,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.2454
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The 1-K phase transition in UCu5, showing up in specific-heat data within the antiferromagnetic state below TN 15 K, was investigated. Neither the average internal fields seen by the + nor the magnetic and nuclear Bragg reflections in the neutron-diffraction data reflect the phase transition while the muon relaxation rates increase drastically below 1.2 K. These results are interpreted in terms of some additional small-moment magnetic order or spin-density-wave phenomenon, implying the coexistence of two rather independent electronic subsystems, one involving eeheavyee electrons, associated with the weak magnetism, and the other associated with the eeconventionalee antiferromagnetic order. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:2454 / 2457
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