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  • Title: Complex magnetic behavior in the novel Kondo lattice compound CeRhSn₃.
    Author: Anand VK, Adroja DT, Hillier AD, Kockelmann W, Fraile A, Strydom AM.
    Journal: J Phys Condens Matter; 2011 Jul 13; 23(27):276001. PubMed ID: 21673393.
    Abstract:
    We report the magnetic and transport properties of a new ternary intermetallic compound, CeRhSn₃, using magnetic susceptibility, magnetization, specific heat, electrical resistivity, muon-spin relaxation (μSR) and neutron diffraction investigations. The dc magnetic susceptibility data reveal two magnetic phase transitions at 0.9 and 4 K. The overall behavior of dc susceptibility and magnetization indicates a ferrimagnetic-type phase transition near 4 K. The specific heat data also exhibit sharp λ-type anomalies at 1 and 4 K. The behavior of the specific heat anomaly under the application of a magnetic field suggests that the 1 K transition is probably related to a transition from a ferri- to a ferromagnetic state. The low temperature specific heat exhibits an enhanced Sommerfeld coefficient γ (~100 mJ mol⁻¹ K⁻²) due to the formation of a moderate heavy fermion state. The resistivity of CeRhSn₃ demonstrates an interplay between the RKKY and Kondo interactions which is further modified by the presence of the crystal electric field. Interestingly, the resistivity of the nonmagnetic reference compound, LaRhSn₃, is found to increase with decreasing temperature. Further, the onset of long-range magnetic order below 1 K is confirmed from our μSR study on CeRhSn₃. However, the 4 K transition is not detected in the μSR and low temperature neutron diffraction data. Analysis of the dc magnetic susceptibility data within the framework of a two-sublattice model of ferrimagnetism supports the ferrimagnetic-type transition at 4 K in CeRhSn₃. We have observed an unusual frequency dependence of the peak near 4 K in the ac susceptibility, which shows that the transition temperature shifts toward the lower temperature side with increasing frequency.
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