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Low Temperature Transport and Specific Heat Studies of Nd_{1-x}Pb_{x}MnO_{3} Single Crystals
| العنوان: | Low Temperature Transport and Specific Heat Studies of Nd_{1-x}Pb_{x}MnO_{3} Single Crystals |
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| المؤلفون: | Ghosh, N., Roessler, U. K., Nenkov, K., Hucho, C., Bhat, H. L., Mueller, K. H. |
| سنة النشر: | 2008 |
| المجموعة: | Condensed Matter |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| الوصف: | Electrical transport and specific heat properties of Nd_{1-x}Pb_{x}MnO_{3} single crystals for 0.15 < x 0.5 have been studied in low temperature regime. The resistivity in the ferromagnetic insulating (FMI) phase for x < 0.3 has an activated character. The dependence of the activation gap Delta on doping x has been determined and the critical concentration for the zero-temperature metal-insulator transition was determined as x_{c} ~ 0.33. For a metallic sample with x=0.42, a conventional electron-electron (e-e) scattering term proportional T^{2} is found in the low-temperature electrical resistivity, although the Kadowaki-Woods ratio is found to be much larger for this manganite than for a normal metal. For a metallic sample with x=0.5, a resistivity minimum is observed for x= 0.5. The effect is attributed to weak localization and can be described by a negative T^{1/2} weak-localization contribution to resistivity for a disordered three-dimensional electron system. The specific heat data have been fitted to contributions from free electrons (gamma), spin excitations (beta_{3/2}), lattice and a Schottky-like anomaly related to the rare-earth magnetism of the Nd ions. The value of gamma is larger than for normal metals, which is ascribed to magnetic ordering effects involving Nd. Also, the Schottky-like anomaly appears broadened and weakened suggesting inhomogeneous molecular fields at the Nd-sites. Comment: 14 pages, 8 figures |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0953-8984/20/39/395219 |
| URL الوصول: | http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.3482 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsarx.0804.3482 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | arXiv |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0953-8984/20/39/395219 |
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