Magnetic phase diagram of PrPb3 investigated by specific heat and magnetocaloric effect

R. Vollmer, G. Goll, C. Pfleiderer, H. V. Löhneysen, M. B. Maple, P. C. Canfield

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Abstract

The intermetallic compound PrPb3 exhibits antiferroquadrupolar (AFQ) ordering at low temperature. We investigated the magnetic phase diagram through measurements of the specific heat and the magnetocaloric effect. In zero magnetic field the specific heat shows a second-order phase transition with an ordering temperature TAFQ = 0.39 K in line with earlier results. In addition, we find a further transition at T* = 0.35 K for 3 T and T* = 0.49 K for 4.5 T, which, however, is only observed upon heating. The strong hysteresis between heating and cooling suggests that this transition is of first order. Under hydrostatic pressure of 6.5 kbar, the phase diagram is almost unaltered in agreement with an estimate of dTAFQ/dp by Ehrenfest's relation.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)855-857
Seitenumfang3
FachzeitschriftPhysica B: Condensed Matter
Jahrgang312-313
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - März 2002
Extern publiziertJa
VeranstaltungInternational Conference on Strongly Correlated Electrons - Ann Arbor, MI, USA/Vereinigte Staaten
Dauer: 6 Aug. 20026 Aug. 2002

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