New heavy-fermion antiferromagnet UPd2Cd20

J Phys Condens Matter. 2016 Oct 26;28(42):425601. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/42/425601. Epub 2016 Aug 19.

Abstract

We succeeded in growing a new high quality single crystal of a ternary uranium compound UPd2Cd20. From the electrical resistivity, magnetization, magnetic susceptibility, and specific heat experiments, UPd2Cd20 is found to be an antiferromagnetic heavy-fermion compound with the Néel temperature [Formula: see text] = 5 K and exhibits the large electronic specific heat coefficient γ exceeding 500 mJ (K(2)· mol)(-1). This compound is the first one that exhibits the magnetic ordering with the magnetic moments of the U atom in a series of UT2X20 (T: transition metal, X = Al, Zn, Cd). UPd2Cd20 shows typical characteristic features in heavy-fermion systems such as a broad maximum in the magnetic susceptibility at [Formula: see text] and a large coefficient A of T (2) term in the resistivity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't