Published June 16, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Intermediate valence behaviour in the new Kondo lattice compound Yb3Ni5Al19

  • 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
  • 2. Centro Atomico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, 8400 SC de Bariloche (Argentina)

Description

The physical properties of single crystals of the Kondo lattice material Yb3Ni5Al19 have been investigated by means of magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, and electrical resistivity measurements. Single-crystal x-ray diffraction measurements indicate that Yb3Ni5Al19 adopts the Gd3Ni5Al19 orthorhombic crystal structure. This compound exhibits intermediate valence behaviour with a characteristic energy scale TK ∼ 500 K. Calculations of χ(T) based on the Anderson impurity model within the non-crossing approximation including crystalline electric field effects are also presented

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/16/4025/cm4_23_019.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter (ISSN 1361-648X) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
16
Journal Issue
23
Journal Page Range
p. 4025-4032
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL