Two-channel Kondo effect in glasslike ThAsSe.
We present low-temperature heat and charge transport as well as caloric properties of a ThAsSe single crystal. An extra -AT(1/2) term in the electrical resistivity, independent of magnetic fields as high as 14 T, provides evidence for an unusual scattering of conduction electrons. Additionally, both the thermal conductivity and the specific heat show a glass-type temperature dependence which signifies the presence of tunneling states. These observations apparently point to an experimental realization of a two-channel Kondo effect derived from structural two-level systems.
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany.
Sanchez
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Gegenwart
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Weickert
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Wojakowski
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Henkie
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Auffermann
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Paschen
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Kniep
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Steglich
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