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Electron spin resonance of in the antiferromagnetic heavy fermion and its reference compound

✍ Scribed by E.M. Bittar; J.G.S. Duque; P.A. Venegas; C. Rettori; P.G. Pagliuso


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
292 KB
Volume
404
Category
Article
ISSN
0921-4526

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✦ Synopsis


We report temperature dependent electron spin resonance (ESR) experiments of Gd 3þ in CeIn 3 and in its reference compound LaIn 3 taken in crushed single crystals. For LaIn 3 a single Dysonian Gd 3þ ESR line with a nearly temperature independent g$2:020ð5Þ is observed, and its linewidth follows a Korringalike behavior as a function of temperature. From the Korringa rate (DH=DT$16 Oe=K) and g-shift (Dg$0:027) we have extracted the exchange parameter between the Gd 3þ local moments and the conduction electrons (ce) in this compound. This exchange parameter J fs % 20 meV was found to be ce wave-vector independent. For CeIn 3 , the Gd 3þ ESR spectra were found to be weakly temperature dependent and present partly resolved Gd 3þ fine-structure. Interestingly, for CeIn 3 , the g-shift with respect to the g-value of Gd 3þ in insulators is negative, in contrast to the positive g-shift found for Gd 3þ in LaIn 3 . These results suggests different electronic structure at the Gd 3þ site in the Kondo antiferromagnet host CeIn 3 . Possibly, Kondo effect may cause a decrease of the s-like conduction electron density of states at the Gd 3þ site, giving arise to an exchange interaction only between the Gd 3þ local moment and the Ce 4f electrons.


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