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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
Abstract:
We report on specific-heat measurements of the heavy-fermion compounds Ce(1 - x)Y(x)PdAl (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) between 0.35 and 300 K and in magnetic fields up to 14 T. Ce(1 - x)Y(x)PdAl compounds crystallize in the hexagonal ZrNiAl-type structure and CePdAl orders antiferromagnetically below T(N) = 2.8 K. The specific heat measured in external magnetic fields is also consistent with the antiferromagnetic order and the phase transition to the ferromagnetic state in fields around 4 T. The temperature dependence of the magnetic specific heat in CePdAl indicates magnetic correlations far above T(N). Substitution of nonmagnetic Y for magnetic Ce ions reduces T(N) rapidly and the antiferromagnetic order vanishes around x = 0.2. The Sommerfeld coefficient γ of the electronic specific heat is temperature dependent and increases strongly at low temperatures for all Ce concentrations.
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