Evolution of single-ion crystal field and Kondo features in Ce$_{0.5}$La$_{0.5}$Ni$_{9-x}$Cu$_x$Ge$_4$

Details Evolution of single-ion crystal field and Kondo features in Ce$_{0.5}$La$_{0.5}$Ni$_{9-x}$Cu$_x$Ge$_4$ Evolution of single-ion crystal field and Kondo features in Ce$_{0.5}$La$_{0.5}$Ni$_{9-x}$Cu$_x$Ge$_4$

2009-06-09

arxiv.org/abs/0906.1740v1

Journal of Physics: Conference Series 200 (2010) 012176

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages, 3 figures, conference SCES09

Scientific paper

10.1088/1742-6596/200/1/012176

Starting with the heavy fermion compound CeNi$_9$Ge$_4$, the substitution of nickel by copper leads to a dominance of the RKKY interaction in competition with the Kondo and crystal field interaction. Consequently, this results in an antiferromagnetic phase transition in CeNi$_{9-x}$Cu$_x$Ge$_4$ for $x>0.4$, which is, however, not fully completed up to a Cu-concentration of $x=1$. To study the influence of single-ion effects on the AFM ordering by shielding the $4f$-moments, we analyzed the spin diluted substitution series La$_{0.5}$Ce$_{0.5}$Ni$_{9-x}$Cu$_x$Ge$_4$ by magnetic susceptibility $\chi$ and specific heat $C$ measurements. For small Cu-amounts $x\leq 0.4$ the data reveal single-ion scaling with regard to the Ce-concentration, while for larger Cu-concentrations the AFM transition (encountered in the CeNi$_{9-x}$Cu$_x$Ge$_4$ series) is found to be completely depressed. Calculation of the entropy reveal that the Kondo-effect still shields the 4$f$-moments of the Ce$^{3+}$-ions in CeNi$_8$CuGe$_4$.

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