The origin of magnetic field dependence of specific heat in single-crystalline CeNiSn

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作者
Izawa, K
Suzuki, T
Kitamura, M
Fujita, T
Takabatake, T
Nakamoto, G
Fujii, H
Maezawa, K
机构
[1] HIROSHIMA UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT MAT SCI, HIGASHIHIROSHIMA 739, JAPAN
[2] HIROSHIMA UNIV, FAC INTEGRATED ARTS & SCI, HIGASHIHIROSHIMA 739, JAPAN
[3] TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIV, FAC ENGN, TOYAMA 93903, JAPAN
关键词
CeNiSn; specific heat; magnetic field; pseudo-energy gap; Zeeman energy;
D O I
10.1143/JPSJ.65.3119
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The effect of magnetic field on the electronic ground state in CeNiSn has been investigated by means of specific-heat measurement in magnetic fields mu(0)H up to 14 T. A high-quality single crystal allows us to observe a marked field effect on specific heat in the temperature range from 2 to 25 K. The ground state is discussed in terms of a pseudo-gapped density of states in the Kondo resonance band with residual states at the Fermi level inducing the Zeeman splitting.
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页码:3119 / 3122
页数:4
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