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Low-temperature transport properties of RERh4B4 compounds (RE=Sm, Ho, Er, Lu)

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We have measured the low-temperature electrical resistivity ρ and thermal conductivity λ of a selection of RERh4B4 compounds. The compound LuRh4B4 served as the standard material concerning superconductivity and HoRh4B4 as that for magnetic ordering. For ErRh4B4 we studied, in particular, the transition from the superconducting to the normal state with decreasing temperature. In SmRh4B4 both ρ(T) and λ(T) reveal the strong interaction between the magnetic moments of the Sm3+ ions and the conduction electrons, which is partly quenched at the transition to the antiferromagnetic state. Depending on the material considered, the thermal conductivity data are analyzed using theoretical calculations due to Bardeen, Rickayzen, and Tewordt; Kadanoff and Martin; and Ambegaokar and Griffin.

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  2. Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, California

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Work supported by the Schweizerische Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaflichen Forschung.

Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-ATO376-ER-70227.

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Odoni, W., Ott, H.R. & Maple, M.B. Low-temperature transport properties of RERh4B4 compounds (RE=Sm, Ho, Er, Lu). J Low Temp Phys 51, 505–533 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00683226

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