Abstract
CePdAl with Ce moments forming a distorted kagome network is one of the scarce materials exhibiting Kondo physics and magnetic frustration simultaneously. As a result, antiferromagnetic (AF) order setting in at K encompasses only two-thirds of the Ce moments. We report measurements of the specific heat, , and the magnetic Grüneisen parameter, , on single crystals of with at temperatures down to 0.05 K and magnetic fields up to . Field-induced quantum criticality for various concentrations is observed with the critical field decreasing to zero at . Remarkably, two-dimensional AF quantum criticality of Hertz-Millis-Moriya type arises for and at the suppression of three-dimensional magnetic order. Furthermore, shows an additional contribution near for all concentrations, which is ascribed to correlations of the frustrated one-third of Ce moments.
- Received 22 August 2016
- Revised 7 December 2016
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.220405
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