Structural and magnetic properties of the Kondo insulator UFe4P12

H. Nakotte, N. R. Dilley, M. S. Torikachvili, H. N. Bordallo, M. B. Maple, S. Chang, A. Christianson, A. J. Schultz, C. F. Majkrzak, G. Shirane

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Abstract

Neutron-diffraction results on single crystalline UFe4P12 are reported. The structural parameters of UFe4P12 have been determined at 15 K. Below 3.1 K, we find that there is an additional magnetic contribution on top of nuclear reflections at higher d spacings. An intensity analysis of the magnetic contributions corroborates a ferromagnetic ground state with U moments only. It is argued that this compound forms three magnetic domains with an upper limit of about 0.5 μB (at 2.8 K) for the U moment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)280-282
Number of pages3
JournalPhysica B: Physics of Condensed Matter
Volume259-261
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

Funding

The authors would like to thank R. Vitt and M. Miller for help during the experiments at IPNS, Argonne National Laboratory. The research was supported by the Basic Energy Science program of the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.

Keywords

  • Kondo insulators
  • Magnetic structure
  • UFeP

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