Specific-heat study of the Ce(1 - x)Y(x)PdAl system

P Cermák1, H Kitazawa, J Prchal

  • 1Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic. pcermak@gmail.com

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