Between metamagnetic transition and spin-flip behavior in Ce 122 system of (Ce-Gd)Ru2Si2

Abstract

Aiming at getting some clues to the mechanism of meta-magnetic transition and surprisingly small magnetic moment of Ce along hard axis in CeRu2Si2, the (Ce-Gd)Ru2Si2 system where Ce was substituted by Gd were studied through magnetic properties mainly in Gd-rich regions. At Gd=0, i.e. in CeRu2Si2, the magnetic moment of Ce showed a symptom of saturation in M-H curve under H=90,000 Oe at 2 K and the Ce magnetic moment at 4.2 K can be nearly identical to that at 2 K employing 1/H plot. At Gd-rich content of 0.8, Ce magnetic moment coupled parallel to that of Gd, Ce ↑ Gd ↑ both in easy and hard axis and the extremely smallness of Ce magnetic moment in hard axis disappeared perfectly at x=0.8. Furthermore at Gd=1, GdRu2Si2, Gd magnetic moment caused 2-step like spin-flip in both easy and hard axis.