A study of uncommon substitution effects in Ce-Cu and Yb-Cu compounds

Autor: Bauer, E., Pillmayr, N.
Zdroj: Philosophical Magazine B; June 1992, Vol. 65 Issue: 6 p1319-1331, 13p
Abstrakt: We report the remarkable alterations of physical features in binary Ce-Cu and Yb-Cu compounds which are caused by substitutions on the non-magnetic Cu sites. Depending on the substitution elements which are chosen, changes in the s-f coupling constant and/or the electronic density of states appear. This changes the balance between interaction mechanisms at low temperatures, the change resulting in for example a rapid enhancement of the electronic specific heat coefficient γ. The theoretical understanding of such unusual features is mainly based on solutions of the Coqblin-Schrieffer Hamiltonian.
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