MAGNETIC EXCITATIONS AND PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN UPD3

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作者
MCEWEN, KA
STEIGENBERGER, U
MARTINEZ, JL
机构
[1] INST MAX VON LAUE PAUL LANGEVIN, F-38042 GRENOBLE, FRANCE
[2] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DIV ISIS SCI, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
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10.1016/0921-4526(93)90669-W
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
摘要
The magnetic excitations in single crystal UPd3 have been studied by inelastic neutron scattering. At 1.8 K, we find at a general wave vector, four modes below 3 meV which we ascribe to crystal field-like excitations on the quasi-cubic sites. Their temperature dependence has been measured and the results are explained in terms of a quadrupolar transition at T1 = 6.5 K, followed by a magnetic transition at T2 = 4.5 K.
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