Development of the magnetism in the solid solution of the candidate Weyl semimetals Ce$_x$Pr$_{1-x}$AlGe

Autor: Puphal, Pascal, Krebber, Sarah, Suard, Emmanuelle, Cubitt, Robert, Wang, Chennan, Shang, Tian, Ukleev, Victor, White, Jonathan S., Pomjakushina, Ekaterina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. B 101, 214416 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.214416
Popis: We investigate the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of the solid solution of Ce$_{1-x}$Pr$_{x}$AlGe. The series tunes from CeAlGe with its multi-$\vec{k}$ structure and a major Moment in the ab-plane, to PrAlGe with an easy-c-axis ferromagnetic ground state co-existing with a low density of nanoscale textured magnetic Domain walls. Using AC-, DC-susceptiblity, resistivity, specific heat, muon spin relaxation/rotation and neutron scattering we analyze the magnetic ground state of the series. We provide further evidence supporting our previous claim for spin-glass like properties in pure PrAlGe. With introduction of Pr to CeAlGe the finite magnetic field required to stabilize the topological multi-$\vec{k}$ magnetic phase for $x=0$ becomes suppressed. The crossover between the two end-member ground states occurs in the vicinity of $x=0.3$, a region where we further anticipate the field-induced topological magnetic phase for $x < 0.3$ to become the zero field ground state.
Databáze: arXiv