Experimental study of physical properties in the complex magnetic phase diagram of Ce(Rh1-xRux)3B2 -: art. no. 134404

We report on a series of structural, magnetic, and thermodynamic measurements, a study of transport properties and x-ray absorption edge spectroscopy on Ce(Rh1-xRux)(3)B-2. These investigations evidence that in addition to the already established ferromagnetic range for x less than or equal to0.06, a complex antiferromagnetic structure exists for concentrations 0.1 less than or equal tox less than or equal to0.35. The behavior in the latter regime is dominated by an extraordinary strong intersite coupling; however, the magnetic moments involved appear to be very small. At the phase boundary to the paramagnetic regime (x approximate to0.4), significant deviations from a Fermi-liquid behavior occur.