A MU-SR STUDY OF MAGNETIC CORRELATIONS IN CENISN

被引:21
作者
KRATZER, A
KALVIUS, GM
TAKABATAKE, T
NAKAMOTO, G
FUJII, H
KREITZMAN, SR
机构
[1] HIROSHIMA UNIV,FAC INTEGRATED ARTS & SCI,HIROSHIMA 730,JAPAN
[2] TRIUMF,VANCOUVER V6T 2A3,BC,CANADA
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1992年 / 19卷 / 07期
关键词
MUON SPIN ROTATION AND RELAXATION; DIAMAGNETISM AND PARAMAGNETISM; NARROW-BAND SYSTEMS; HEAVY-FERMION METALS; INTERMEDIATE-VALENCE SOLIDS;
D O I
10.1209/0295-5075/19/7/014
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The formation of magnetic correlations in CeNiSn has been studied by muon spin rotation and relaxation (mu-SR) spectroscopy covering the temperature range from 250 K to 33 mK. Mainly a single crystalline sample was used. At high temperatures (greater-than-or-equal-to 2 K) a behaviour similar to that of a spin fluctuator like UAl2 is observed, meaning that over the whole temperature range the paramagnetic moments fluctuate extremely fast (greater-than-or-equal-to 3 . 10(14) Hz). Below 1 K the material exhibits properties typical for a paramagnet moving towards magnetic order, but no transition into long-range order could be observed down to the lowest measured temperature. The dependences of muon spin relaxation rate and muon spin precession frequency on external field (applied parallel to the a-axis) are unusual and indicate the formation of extended spin correlations up to short-range order.
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页码:649 / 654
页数:6
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