0000000000403191
AUTHOR
M. Duczmal
Magnetic order in a Kondo lattice: A neutron scattering study of CeCu2Ge2
Elastic and inelastic neutron scattering studies of the Kondo lattice CeCu2Ge2 were performed. AtTN=4.1 K an incommensurate magnetic order develops with an ordering wave vectorq0=(0.28, 0.28, 0.54) and an ordered moment µs=0.74 µB. The crystalline electric field splits the 4f1-J-multiplet of the Ce ion into a ground state doublet and a quartet at 191 K. The wave function of the ground state yields an ordered moment of 1.54µB. Thus, due to the onset of the formation of a Kondo singlet the magnetic moment is considerably reduced. The magnetic relaxation rate Λ was investigated via quasielastic neutron scattering. The temperature dependence of Λ(T) is characteristic of heavy-fermion systems wi…
Electron paramagnetic resonance of Gd3 in TlGdSe2
Electron paramagnetic resonance has been studied on the polycrystalline sample of the layer compound TlGdSe 2 . When the temperature is lowered from room temperature the linewidth reaches a shallow minimum near 60 K and then decreases rapidly below 15 K. From the two-dimensional molecular field model two exchange constants J 1 and J 2 with the nearest and next nearest neighbors were estimated. The calculated high-temperature limit of the linewidth (341 mT) is in fair agreement with the experimental value (314 mT). It may be slightly improved after taking into account the preferred orientation of the sample.