Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2011-05-21
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
17 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
We studied the properties of the antiferromagnetic (AFM) UNi0.5Sb2 (TN \approx 161 K) compound in Sb-flux grown single crystals by means of measurements of neutron diffraction, magnetic susceptibility ({\chi}), specific heat (Cp), thermopower (S), thermal conductivity ({\kappa}), linear thermal expansion ({\Delta}L/L), and electrical resistivity ({\rho}) under hydrostatic pressures (P) up to 22 kbar. The neutron diffraction measurements revealed that the compound crystallizes in the tetragonal P42/nmc structure, and the value of the U-moments yielded by the histograms at 25 K is \approx 1.85 \pm 0.12 {\mu}B/U-ion. In addition to the features in the bulk properties observed at TN, two other hysteretic features centered near 40 and 85 K were observed in the measurements of {\chi}, S, {\rho}, and {\Delta}L/L. Hydrostatic pressure was found to raise TN at the rate of \approx 0.76 K/kbar, while suppressing the two low temperature features. These features are discussed in the context of Fermi surface and hybridization effects.
Bud'ko Sergey L.
Davis Brian K.
Kothapalli Kishore
Mun Eun Deok
Nakotte Heinz
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