Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2007-01-24
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
6 pages, 4 figures, to be published in PRB
Scientific paper
Sb-NMR/NQR study has revealed a formation of a pseudogap at the Fermi level in the density of states in a valence fluctuating compound CeIrSb. The nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate divided by temperature, 1/T_1T has a maximum around 300 K and decreases significantly as 1/T_1T ~ T^2, followed by a 1/T_1T = const. relation at low temperature. This temperature dependence of 1/T_1T is well reproduced by assuming a V-shaped energy gap with a residual density of states at the Fermi level. The size of energy gap for CeIrSb is estimated to be about 350 K, which is by one order of magnitude larger than those for the isostructural Kondo semiconductors CeRhSb and CeNiSn. Despite the large difference in the size of energy gap, CeIrSb, CeRhSb and CeNiSn are indicated to be classified into the same group revealing a V-shaped gap due to c-f hybridization. The temperature dependence of the Knight shift measured in a high magnetic field agrees with the formation of this pseudogap.
Inaoka Y.
Izumi Minami
Kawasaki Yasuhiro
Kishimoto Yasuaki
Ohno Takahisa
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