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J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 49, Number C8, Décembre 1988
Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism
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| Page(s) | C8-747 - C8-751 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19888338 | |
J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C8-747-C8-751
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19888338
MAGNETIC FIELD DEPENDENCE OF THE CYCLOTRON MASS IN THE KONDO LATTICE CeB6
W. JOSS1, 2, J. M. van Ruitenbeek1, 3, G. W. Crabtree4, 5, J. L. Tholence4, A. P. J. van Deursen6 et Z. Fisk71 Hochfeld-Magnetlabor, Max-Planck-Institut für Festköperforschung, B.P. 166X, 38042 Grenoble Cedex, France
2 Also at Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
3 Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
4 Centre de Recherche sur les Très Basses Températures, CNRS, B.P. 166X, 38042 Grenoble Cedex, France
5 Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, U.S.A.
6 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
7 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, U.S.A.
Abstract
The conduction-electron mass in the Kondo lattice system CeB6 is found to be strongly field dependent. CeB6 is an ordered heavy moment electron system with a zero field electronic specific heat coefficient of about 250 mJ/mole K2. Using the de Haas-van Alphen effect at temperatures as low as 60 mK in steady magnetic fields as large as 22 T, we observe a cyclotron orbit of frequency 8 680 T for fields along the [100] direction. The mass of this orbit was measured at eight fixed fields and found to decrease from 18 to 8 me as the field increases from 12 to 22 T. The field dependence of the cyclotron mass is consistent with recent specific heat results. The Fermi surface geometry is similar to that of LaB6, except that the extremal cross-sectional areas observed are 10 % larger than in LaB6. The f-electrons are therefore largely local rather than itinerant in CeB6, a picture confirmed by bandstructure calculations. The geometry of the Fermi surface does not depend on field. The observed field dependence of the cyclotron mass is consistent with the low energy scale of the system as measured, for example, by the Kondo temperature.