Unusual single-ion non-Fermi-liquid behavior in Ce1-xLaxNi9Ge4 -: art. no. 216404

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作者
Killer, U [1 ]
Scheidt, EW
Eickerling, G
Michor, H
Sereni, J
Pruschke, T
Kehrein, S
机构
[1] Univ Augsburg, Inst Phys, CPM, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
[2] Vienna Tech Univ, Inst Festkorperphys, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
[3] Ctr Atom Bariloche, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
[4] Univ Gottingen, Inst Theoret Phys, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
[5] Univ Augsburg, Inst Phys, TP EKM 3, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
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奥地利科学基金会;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.216404
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O4 [物理学];
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摘要
We report on specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, and resistivity measurements on the compound Ce1-xLaxNi9Ge4 for various concentrations ranging from the stoichiometric system with x=0 to the dilute limit x=0.95. Our data reveal single-ion scaling with the Ce concentration and the largest ever recorded value of the electronic specific heat Deltac/Tapproximate to5.5 J K-2 mol(-1) at T=0.08 K for the stoichiometric compound x=0 without any trace of magnetic order. While in the doped samples Deltac/T increases logarithmically below 3 K down to 50 mK, their magnetic susceptibility behaves Fermi-liquid-like below 1 K. These properties make the compound Ce1-xLaxNi9Ge4 a unique system on the borderline between Fermi-liquid and non-Fermi-liquid physics.
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