Thermodynamics of CeAl2 at low temperatures: Specific heat and spin-lattice relaxation rate

被引:7
作者
Hudak, O [1 ]
Gavilano, JL [1 ]
Ott, HR [1 ]
机构
[1] CAV, INST PHYS, CR-18042 PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK B-CONDENSED MATTER | 1996年 / 99卷 / 04期
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10.1007/s002570050080
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
摘要
Thermodynamic calculations, developed here, show that a considerable fraction of the observed low-temperature nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate and specific heat of CeAl2-both varying linearly with temperature-may be due to the existence of new low-frequency features in the spin-excitation spectrum of incommensurate magnetic structures.
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