Intersite coupling effects in a kondo lattice.
The La dilution of the Kondo lattice CeCoIn5 is studied. The scaling laws found for the magnetic susceptibility and the specific heat reveal two well-separated energy scales, corresponding to the single-impurity Kondo temperature T(K) and an intersite spin-liquid temperature T(*). The Ce-dilute alloy has the expected Fermi liquid ground state, while the specific heat and resistivity in the dense Kondo regime exhibit non-Fermi-liquid behavior, which scales with T(*). These observations indicate that the screening of the magnetic moments in the lattice involves antiferromagnetic intersite correlations with a larger energy scale in comparison with the Kondo impurity case.
Nakatsuji
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), Florida State University, Tallahassee 32310, USA.
Yeo
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Balicas
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Fisk
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Schlottmann
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Pagliuso
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Moreno
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Sarrao
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Thompson
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