Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2002-06-26
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
4 Pages (B5), 3 figures, submitted to SCES2002
Scientific paper
We have investigated a single crystal of CeAgSb2 using low field ac-susceptibility, thermal expansion and magnetostriction measurements in the temperature range 1.5K to 90K. The ac-susceptibility exhibits a sharp peak at 9.7K for both B//c and B perp c due to the magnetic ordering of the Ce moment. The thermal expansion coefficient alpha, exhibits highly anisotropic behaviour between 3K and 80K : alpha is positive for dL/L perp c, but negative for dL/L // c. Furthermore, alpha (for dL/L) perp c (i.e. in ab-plane) exhibits a sharp peak at TN followed by a broad maximum at 20K, while a sharp negative peak at TN followed by a minimum at 20K has been observed for (dL/L //) the c direction. The observed maximum and minimum in alpha(T) at 20K have been attributed to the crystalline field effect on the J=5/2 state of the Ce3+ ion. The magnetostriction also exhibits anisotropic behaviour with a large magnetostriction along the c-axis. The ab-plane magnetostriction exhibits a peak at B=3.3T at 3K, which is consistent with the observed peak in the magnetoresistance measurements.
Adroja D. T.
Armitage J. G. M.
Fort Dennis
Riedi P. C.
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