Magnetotransport measurements on Nd1−xCaxB6

We performed measurements of the Hall effect, electrical resistivity, and magnetization on random alloys of Nd1−xCaxB6 (x < 0.4) in the 2 to 300 K temperature range, and in magnetic fields of up to 5 T. We find that a large anomalous contribution to the Hall effect, observed in NdB6 single crysta...

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Autores: Stankiewicz, Jolanta, Bianchi, Andrea D., Fisk, Zachary
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/53112
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/53112
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:We performed measurements of the Hall effect, electrical resistivity, and magnetization on random alloys of Nd1−xCaxB6 (x < 0.4) in the 2 to 300 K temperature range, and in magnetic fields of up to 5 T. We find that a large anomalous contribution to the Hall effect, observed in NdB6 single crystals in the paramagnetic regime, decreases sharply with Ca content. In addition, the electron concentration decreases as expected for a divalent substitution for trivalent Nd. We tentatively relate these observations to changes in the Fermi surface volume upon doping.