Study of the 1-K phase transition in the heavy-electron compound UCu5 by muon spin resonance and neutron scattering

A. Schenck, P. Birrer, F. N. Gygax, B. Hitti, E. Lippelt, M. Weber, P. Böni, P. Fischer, H. R. Ott, Z. Fisk

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Abstract

The 1-K phase transition in UCu5, showing up in specific-heat data within the antiferromagnetic state below TN 15 K, was investigated. Neither the average internal fields seen by the + nor the magnetic and nuclear Bragg reflections in the neutron-diffraction data reflect the phase transition while the muon relaxation rates increase drastically below 1.2 K. These results are interpreted in terms of some additional small-moment magnetic order or spin-density-wave phenomenon, implying the coexistence of two rather independent electronic subsystems, one involving eeheavyee electrons, associated with the weak magnetism, and the other associated with the eeconventionalee antiferromagnetic order.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2454-2457
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume65
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes

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