Abstract
We have carried out field-dependent physical properties measurements on the hexagonal compound CeCuGe, which exhibits ferromagnetic ordering below 10 K. The magnetic specific heat below TC = 10 K reveals a clear magnon contribution with an energy gap in the magnon dispersion, while above T C = 10 K a Schottky type anomaly is found near 80 K. This indicates the presence of crystal-electric-field (CEF) excitations, which was directly confirmed by inelastic neutron scattering (INS) measurements using the HET time-of-flight spectrometer at ISIS Facility.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 012190 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
| Volume | 200 |
| Issue number | SECTION 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy