Anisotropic, thermal, and magnetic properties of CeAgSb2: Explanation via a crystalline electric field scheme
Anisotropic, thermal, and magnetic properties of CeAgSb2: Explanation via a crystalline electric field scheme
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CeAgSb2 的各向异性、热学和磁学特性：通过晶体电场方案进行解释
DOI：
10.1103/physrevb.67.064403
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Ōnuki Yoshichika
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作者：
Takeuchi Tetsuya;Thamizhavel Arumugam;Okubo;Tomoyuki;Yamada Mineko;Nakamura Noriko;Yamamoto Takeshi;Inada Yoshihiko;Sugiyama;Kiyohiro;Galatanu Andrei;Yamamoto Etsuji;Kindo Koichi;Ebihara Takao;Ōnuki Yoshichika
We have studied the thermal and magnetic properties of a single crystal of ${\mathrm{CeAgSb}}_{2},$ which has a small net magnetic moment of about $0.4{\ensuremath{\mu}}_{\mathrm{B}}$ below the ordering temperature ${T}_{\mathrm{ord}}=9.7\mathrm{K},$ by means of specific heat, thermal expansion, and magnetization measurements. The magnetic part of the specific heat shows a broad peak around 30 K, and the magnetic entropy reaches $R\mathrm{ln}4$ at about 50 K. This indicates that the first excited doublet is situated at about 50 K from the ground state. In addition, the thermal expansion along the tetragonal [001] direction exhibits a clear negative peak around 25 K, which is also attributed to the magnetic excitations between crystalline electric field (CEF) states. These data, together with the anisotropic magnetic susceptibility, were analyzed on the basis of a CEF model, and splitting energies from the ground state to the first and second excited states were estimated to be 48 and 140 K, respectively. Furthermore, the anisotropy in the high-field magnetization was well explained by the present CEF model with the same parameters, where the saturation moment for $H\ensuremath{\Vert}$ [001] is found to be determined by the value of ${g}_{J}{J}_{z}$ of the ground state.
We have studied the thermal and magnetic properties of a single crystal of ${\mathrm{CeAgSb}}_{2},$ which has a small net magnetic moment of about $0.4{\ensuremath{\mu}}_{\mathrm{B}}$ below the ordering temperature ${T}_{\mathrm{ord}}=9.7\mathrm{K},$ by means of specific heat, thermal expansion, and magnetization measurements. The magnetic part of the specific heat shows a broad peak around 30 K, and the magnetic entropy reaches $R\mathrm{ln}4$ at about 50 K. This indicates that the first excited doublet is situated at about 50 K from the ground state. In addition, the thermal expansion along the tetragonal [001] direction exhibits a clear negative peak around 25 K, which is also attributed to the magnetic excitations between crystalline electric field (CEF) states. These data, together with the anisotropic magnetic susceptibility, were analyzed on the basis of a CEF model, and splitting energies from the ground state to the first and second excited states were estimated to be 48 and 140 K, respectively. Furthermore, the anisotropy in the high-field magnetization was well explained by the present CEF model with the same parameters, where the saturation moment for $H\ensuremath{\Vert}$ [001] is found to be determined by the value of ${g}_{J}{J}_{z}$ of the ground state.