MUON SPIN RELAXATION STUDIES OF MAGNETIC ORDER IN Y1-XUXPD3 AND UPD4

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WU, WD
KEREN, A
LE, LP
LUKE, GM
STERNLIEB, BJ
UEMURA, YJ
SEAMAN, CL
DALICHAOUCH, Y
MAPLE, MB
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, DEPT PHYS, LA JOLLA, CA 92093 USA
[2] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, INST PURE & APPL PHYS SCI, LA JOLLA, CA 92093 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.3722
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have performed muon spin relaxation (muSR) measurements of polycrystalline specimens of Y1-xUxPd3 with x=0.1, 0.2, 0.4 and UPd4. We demonstrate that UPd4 and Y0.6U0.4Pd3 exhibit spin glass order, while the predominant volume fraction remains nonmagnetic at T --> 0 in Y0.8U0.2Pd3 and the muon spin relaxation rate becomes even smaller in Y0.9U0.1Pd3, indicating the disappearance of magnetic order with decreasing U concentration x. These results are discussed in terms of the competition between the crystalline electric field splitting DELTA(CEF) and the exchange coupling J.
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