Abstract
The magnetic structure of heavy-fermion antiferromagnets Ce(Ni 1-xPdx)2Ge2 proximate to the magnetic instability has been studied by elastic neutron scattering using single crystals. For Ce(Ni0.65Pd0.35)2Ge 2, antiferromagnetic ordering with an incommensurate propagation vector q = (1/2, 1/2, δ); δ ∼ 0.16 is observed below T N = 3.4 K. The integrated intensities of magnetic Bragg peaks at 1.8 K are well fitted by assuming a sine-wave-modulated structure with the amplitude 0.55 ± 0.04 μB and magnetic moments along [110]. For the compound very near the magnetic instability, Ce(Ni0.90Pd 0.10)2Ge2, the ordered moment is expected to be reduced to below 0.1 μB.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1360-1364 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of the Physical Society of Japan |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2002/05 |
Keywords
- Ce(NiPd )Ge
- Magnetic instability
- Magnetic structure
- Neutron diffraction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy