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Crystalline electric field in the heavy rare-earth compounds RPd3 (R=Dy, Er, Tm, Yb) determined by inelastic neutron scattering

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Inelastic neutron scattering has been employed to determine the crystalline electric field (CEF) interaction at the R3+ sites in the heavy rare-earth compounds RPd3 (R=Dy, Er, Tm, Yb). The resulting CEF parameters turn out to be incompatible with a simple electrostatic field description. In particular, the usual extrapolation scheme based on the CEF being controlled by the coordinating ligand ions cannot be applied, and there are distinct differences when comparing our results with the CEF parameters derived for the diluted analogs R0.05Y0.95Pd3.

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  1. Labor für Neutronenstreuung, ETH Zürich, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland

    O. Elsenhans & A. Furrer

  2. Institut für Angewandte Physik, Westfälische Welhelms-Universität, D-4400, Münster, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. G. Purwins

  3. Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH Zürich, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland

    F. Hulliger

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Elsenhans, O., Furrer, A., Purwins, H.G. et al. Crystalline electric field in the heavy rare-earth compounds RPd3 (R=Dy, Er, Tm, Yb) determined by inelastic neutron scattering. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 80, 281–286 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01357515

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