Published February 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Low-Energy Spin Fluctuations of the Heavy-Fermion Compound CeNi2Ge2: Origin of Non-Fermi Liquid Behavior

  • 1. Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Liberal Arts and Science, Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama (Japan)

Description

Neutron scattering shows that non-Fermi-liquid behavior of the heavy-Fermion compound CeNi2Ge2 is brought about by development of low-energy spin fluctuations with an energy scale of 0.6 meV. They appear around antiferromagnetic wave vectors (1/2 1/2 0) and (0 0 3/4) at low temperatures, and coexist with high-energy spin fluctuations with an energy scale of 4 meV and a modulation vector (0.23, 0.23, 1/2). The energy dependence of the spin fluctuations is a peculiar character of CeNi2Ge2 which differs from typical heavy-Fermion compounds, and suggests importance of low-energy structures of quasiparticle bands. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Acta Physica Polonica. Series B
Journal Volume
B34
Journal Issue
2,Part one
Journal Page Range
p. 375-378
ISSN
0587-4254

Conference

Title
International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron System (SCES'2002) - Part 1
Dates
10-13 Jul 2002
Place
Cracow (Poland)

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Notes
8 refs., 2 figs.