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Field-induced magnetic transitions in the quasi-two-dimensional heavy-fermion antiferromagnets Ce_{n}RhIn_{3n+2} (n=1 or 2)
We have measured the field-dependent heat capacity in the tetragonal
antiferromagnets CeRhIn and CeRhIn, both of which have an
enhanced value of the electronic specific heat coefficient
mJ/mol-Ce K above . For the specific heat data at zero
applied magnetic field are consistent with the existence of an anisotropic
spin-density wave opening a gap in the Fermi surface for CeRhIn while
CeRhIn shows behavior consistent with a simple antiferromagnetic
magnon. From these results, the magnetic structure, in a manner similar to the
crystal structure, appears more two-dimensional in CeRhIn than in
CeRhIn where only about 12% of the Fermi surface remains ungapped
relative to 92% for CeRhIn. When both compounds behave in a
manner expected for heavy fermion systems as both and the electronic
heat capacity decrease as field is applied. When the field is applied in the
tetragonal basal plane (), CeRhIn and CeRhIn have very
similar phase diagrams which contain both first- and second-order field-induced
magnetic transitions .Comment: 15 pages, 4 figure
Heat capacity studies of Ce and Rh site substitution in the heavy fermion antiferromagnet CeRhIn_5;: Short-range magnetic interactions and non-Fermi-liquid behavior
In heavy fermion materials superconductivity tends to appear when long range
magnetic order is suppressed by chemical doping or applying pressure. Here we
report heat capacity measurements on diluted alloyes of the heavy fermion
superconductor CeRhIn_5;. Heat capacity measurements have been performed on
CeRh_{1-y}Ir_{y}In_5; (y <= 0.10) and Ce_{1-x}La_{x}Rh_{1-y}Ir_{y}In_5; (x <=
0.50) in applied fields up to 90 kOe to study the affect of doping and magnetic
field on the magnetic ground state. The magnetic phase diagram of
CeRh_{0.9}Ir_{0.1}In_5; is consistent with the magnetic structure of CeRhIn_5;
being unchanged by Ir doping. Doping of Ir in small concentrations is shown to
slightly increase the antiferromagnetic transition temperature T_{N} (T_{N}=3.8
K in the undoped sample). La doping which causes disorder on the Ce sublattice
is shown to lower T_{N} with no long range order observed above 0.34 K for
Ce_{0.50}La_{0.50}RhIn_5;. Measurements on Ce_{0.50}La_{0.50}RhIn_5; show a
coexistence of short range magnetic order and non-Fermi-liquid behavior. This
dual nature of the Ce 4f-electrons is very similar to the observed results on
CeRhIn_5; when long range magnetic order is suppressed at high pressure.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure