ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The magnetic susceptibilities χ(parallel) and χ⊥, both ac (80 Hz) and static, of hexagonal crystals of the structurally similar Ho(C2H5SO4)3⋅9H2O, HoES, and Ho(CF3SO3)3⋅9H2O, HoTFMS, have been measured down to ∼0.1 K. Both order ferromagnetically along the c axis at Tc=0.23 K. Analysis of the susceptibilities above Tc shows g(parallel)≈15.5 and g⊥≈0, ground doublet-excited singlet separation 8.4 K in HoES and 15 K in HoTFMS, and dipolar interionic interactions. Cp for both salts was also measured and found to exhibit similar sharp cooperative λ peaks at 0.23 K due to ordering of the Ho3+ moments. This peak sits atop the rounded Schottky anomaly of a system of nuclear spins in a fixed hyperfine field. The independence of the electron and nuclear contributions to Cp is associated with the Ising character of the Ho3+ ground non-Kramers doublet.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.345986
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