Kou Onishi, Eiichi Matsuoka, Hitoshi Sugawara, Takahiro Sakurai, Hitoshi Ohta
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2164(1) 012037 2022年3月1日 査読有り筆頭著者
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
<jats:p>We have prepared polycrystalline samples of RE<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>Au<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>Sn<jats:sub>6</jats:sub> (RE = Ce, La) and investigated their magnetic, transport and thermal properties. We found that Ce<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>Au<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>Sn<jats:sub>6</jats:sub> shows antiferromagnetic transition at <jats:italic>T</jats:italic>
<jats:sub>N</jats:sub> = 2.54 K, while La<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>Au<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>Sn<jats:sub>6</jats:sub> shows no phase transition above 0.4 K. The electronic specific heat coefficient of Ce<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>Au<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>Sn<jats:sub>6</jats:sub> is <jats:italic>γ</jats:italic> = 350 mJ Ce-mol K<jats:sup>2</jats:sup>, which indicates that Ce<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>Au<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>Sn<jats:sub>6</jats:sub> is a heavy fermion compound. The magnetic entropy of Ce<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>Au<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>Sn<jats:sub>6</jats:sub> at <jats:italic>T</jats:italic>
<jats:sub>N</jats:sub> is estimated to be 70% of <jats:italic>R</jats:italic>ln2, which can be attributed to the shielding of the magnetic moment by the Kondo effect.</jats:p>