The specific heat of the perovskite manganite La0.78Pb0.22MnO3-delta was me
asured from 0.5 to 25 K. The results yield values of the electronic density
of states, the Debye temperature. and the spin-wave stiffness constant of
the compound. The magnetic contribution was found to be consistent with the
existence of a gap in the spin-wave spectrum. and a phonon term in T-5 was
needed to fit the data. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved
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