Density of States Information from Low Temperature Specific Heat Measurements

The calculation of one-electron density of state values from the coefficient γ of the term of the low temperature specific heat linear in temperature is complicated by many-body effects. In particular, the electron-phonon interaction may enhance the measured γ as much as twofold. The enhancement factor can be evaluated in the case of superconducting metals and alloys. In the presence of magnetic moments, additional complications arise. A magnetic contribution to the measured γ was identified in the case of dilute alloys and also of concentrated alloys where parasitic antiferromagnetism is superimposed on an over-all ferromagnetic order. No method has as yet been devised to evaluate this magnetic part of γ. The separation of the temperature-linear term of the specific heat may itself be complicated by the appearance of a specific heat anomaly due to magnetic clusters in superparamagnetic or weakly ferromagnetic alloys.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1970

Erschienen:

1970

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:74A

Enthalten in:

Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards. Section A, Physics and chemistry - 74A(1970), 3 vom: 15. Mai, Seite 449-454

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Beck, Paul A [VerfasserIn]
Claus, Helmut [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alloys
Density of states
Journal Article
Low temperature specific heat
Magnetic specific heat
Many-body effects
Superconductivity

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Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.6028/jres.074A.035

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311024688