Crystal fields and spin dynamics of hexagonal CeTSn compounds (T=Cu, Ag and Au)

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Adroja, DT
Rainford, BD
Neville, AJ
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[1] Department of Physics, Southampton University
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10.1088/0953-8984/9/27/002
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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We report inelastic neutron scattering and magnetization measurements for hexagonal CeTSn compounds, with T = Cu, Ag and Au. Inelastic neutron spectra of all three compounds show two well defined crystal-field excitations. The overall crystal-field splitting is largest for CeAuSn. Low-energy neutron scattering studies of CeCuSn and CeAgSn reveal the presence of a quasielastic line whose width varies with the wavevector and increases weakly with temperature. Magnetization isotherms for CeCuSn at 1.7 K show several metamagnetic transitions.
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