GAP-LIKE MAGNETIC EXCITATION IN THE NEUTRON-SCATTERING RESPONSE OF CE3BI4PT3

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SEVERING, A
THOMPSON, JD
CANFIELD, PC
FISK, Z
RISEBOROUGH, P
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[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ALAMOS SCI LAB,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
[2] POLYTECH INST NEW YORK,BROOKLYN,NY
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10.1016/0925-8388(92)90314-Y
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Ce3Bi4Pt3 is a mixed valence compound with a gap in its electronic excitation spectrum. An Arrhenius plot of resistivity gives rho-exp(- DELTA/T), where DELTA almost-equal-to 5 meV. Inelastic neutron scattering experiments on Ce3Bi4Pt3 and also the isostructural lanthanium analogue reveal a gap in the spin-spin correlation function of Ce3Bi4Pt3. At low temperatures the magnetic gap DELTA(m) = 12 meV. Above 50 K the gap fills, becoming indiscernible at 150 K.
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