Citation
Tm. Kelley et al., Nonmagnetic crystal-electric-field ground state in the heavy-fermion compound PrInAg2, PHYSICA B, 261, 1999, pp. 163-165
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICA B
ISSN journal
09214526
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Volume
261
Year of publication
1999
Pages
163 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4526(199901)261:<163:NCGSIT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We have performed inelastic neutron scattering measurements that confirm th
at the crystal-electric-field split ground state in the heavy-fermion compo
und PrInAg2 is a nonmagnetic, non-Kramers doublet. This implies that a quad
rupolar Kondo interaction is responsible for the enhanced thermodynamic pro
perties observed at low temperatures. We also observe anomalous broadening
of the inelastic peaks and suggest two possible causes for this broadening.
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