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J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 80, SA015 (2011) [3 Pages]
Proceedings of the International Conference on Heavy Electrons 2010 (ICHE2010)

Magnetoresistance and Phase Diagram of Thin-Film UNi2Al3

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11. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany2Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, D-55099 Mainz, Germany

We study the dc resistivity of UNi 2 Al 3 thin films as a function of temperature and magnetic field. We focus on the temperature range around the antiferromagnetic transition ( T N ≈4 K in zero applied field). From a clear signature of T N in the dc resistance along the crystallographic a -direction, we extract the shape of the magnetic phase diagram. Here we find quantitative differences in comparison to previous studies on bulk crystals.

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