Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2005-06-07
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physb.2006.01.263
CeNi$_{9}$Ge$_4$ exhibits unusual non-Fermi liquid behavior with the largest ever recorded value of the electronic specific heat $\Delta C/T \cong 5.5$ JK$^{-2}$mol$^{-1}$ without showing any evidence of magnetic order. Specific heat measurements show that the logarithmic increase of the Sommerfeld coefficient flattens off below 200 mK. In marked contrast, the local susceptibility $\Delta\chi$ levels off well above 200 mK and already becomes constant below 1 K. Furthermore, the entropy reaches 2$R$ln2 below 20 K corresponding to a four level system. An analysis of $C$ and $\chi$ was performed in terms of an $SU(N=4)$ single impurity Anderson model with additional crystal electric field (CEF) splitting. Numerical renormalization group calculations point to a possible consistent description of the different low temperature scales in $\Delta c$ and $\Delta \chi$ stemming from the interplay of Kondo effect and crystal field splitting.
Anders Frithjof
Bauer Eckhard
Kehrein Stephan
Killer U.
Mayr Franz
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