Magnetic structure of the antiferromagnetic Kondo lattice compounds CeRhAl4Si2 and CeIrAl4Si2 [electronic resource].
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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science, 2015. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Here, we have investigated the magnetic ground state of the antiferromagnetic Kondo- lattice compounds CeMAl4Si2 (M = Rh, Ir) using neutron powder diffraction. Although both of these compounds show two magnetic transitions TN1 and TN2 in the bulk properties measurements, evidence for magnetic long-range order was only found below the lower transition TN2. Analysis of the diffraction profiles reveals a commensurate antiferromagnetic structure with a propagation vector k= (0, 0, 1/2). The magnetic moment in the ordered state of CeRhAl4Si2 and CeIrAl4Si2 were determined to be 1.14(2) and 1.41(3) μB/Ce–1, respectively, and are parallel to the crystallographic c direction in agreement with magnetic susceptibility measurements.
Published through SciTech Connect. 06/01/2015. "KC0402010" "ERKCSNX" Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter 27 24 ISSN 0953-8984 AM N. J. Ghimire; Stuart A. Calder; Marc Janoschek; E. D. Bauer.