Magnetic Structure of Ce(Ni1-xPdx)2Ge 2 Proximate to the Magnetic Instability

Tadashi Fukuhara*, Hiroaki Kadowaki, Naofumi Aso, Tetsuya Takeuchi, Tomohiko Kuwai, Junji Sakurai, Kunihiko Maezawa

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1360-1364
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the Physical Society of Japan
Volume71
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002/05

Keywords

  • Ce(NiPd )Ge
  • Magnetic instability
  • Magnetic structure
  • Neutron diffraction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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