Published February 15, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Low-temperature properties of an Yb impurity in a metallic host with an axial crystalline field

  • 1. Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122

Description

The Bethe-Ansatz equations for the ground state of the Coqblin-Schrieffer model for j = 7/2 are solved for a special axial-crystal-field-splitting scheme. The occupations of the crystal-field levels, the specific-heat contribution linear in the temperature, and the magnetic susceptibility parallel and perpendicular to the crystal axis are obtained as a function of the crystal-field strength. The universality of the results is discussed and a comparison with experiments on YbCu2Si2 and YbCuAl is made

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Journal Title
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
5
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
3065-3076
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD