Intermediate valence behavior in CeCo9Si4

Details Intermediate valence behavior in CeCo9Si4 Intermediate valence behavior in CeCo9Si4

2004-06-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406551v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

2 pages, 3 figures, submitted to SCES 04

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physb.2005.01.117

The novel ternary compound CeCo$_9$Si$_4$ has been studied by means of specific heat, magnetisation, and transport measurements. Single crystal X-ray Rietveld refinements reveal a fully ordered distribution of Ce, Co and Si atoms with the tetragonal space group I4/mcm isostructural with other RCo9Si4. The smaller lattice constants of CeCo9Si4 in comparison with the trend established by other RCo9Si4 is indicative for intermediate valence of cerium. While RCo9Si4 with R= Pr, .. Tb, and Y show ferromagnetism and LaCo9Si4 is nearly ferromagnetic, CeCo9Si4 remains paramagnetic even in external fields as large as 40 T, though its electronic specific heat coefficient (g~190 mJ/molK^2) is of similar magnitude as that of metamagnetic LaCo9Si4 and weakly ferromagnetic YCo9Si4.

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