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Publications in Scientific Journals:

E. Bauer, R. Lackner, G. Hilscher, H. Michor, M. Sieberer, A. Eichler, A. Gribanov, Y. Seropegin, P. Rogl:
"REPt3Si (RE = La, Pr, Nd, Sm and Gd): isotypes of the heavy fermion superconductor CePt3Si";
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 17 (2005), 1877 - 1888.



English abstract:
E Bauer et al 2005 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 1877-1888

REPt3Si (RE = La, Pr, Nd, Sm and Gd): isotypes of the heavy fermion superconductor CePt3Si

E Bauer 1,5, R Lackner1 , G Hilscher 1, H Michor 1, M Sieberer 1, A Eichler 2, A Gribanov 3, Y Seropegin 3 and P Rogl 4
1 Institute of Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, A-1040 Wien, Austria
2 Institute of Applied Physics, University of Braunschweig, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
3 Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
4 Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, A-1090 Wien, Austria

5 Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed
E-mail: bauer@ifp.tuwien.ac.at

Received 23 December 2004, in final form 16 February 2005
Published 11 March 2005
Print publication: Issue 12 (30 March 2005)

Abstract.
Novel representatives REPt3Si (RE = La, Pr, Nd, Sm and Gd) of the CePt3B type have been synthesized and characterized by means of Rietveld x-ray powder diffraction. Measurements of the magnetic susceptibility, isothermal magnetization, temperature dependent specific heat as well as temperature and field dependent resistivity were employed to derive basic information on the low temperature behaviour. Long range antiferromagnetic order from 2.2 K (CePt3Si) to 15.1 K (GdPt3Si) was observed. PrPt3Si, however, is non-magnetic, at least down to 400 mK, as a consequence of crystalline electric field splitting of the non-Kramers ion Pr3+ in tetragonal symmetry. Whilst the ordering temperature of SmPt3Si appears to be almost unaffected in external fields up to 12 T, magnetic order in GdPt3Si, although twice as high as for the Sm homologue, is easily suppressed by external magnetic fields due to the absence of anisotropy.


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