Abstract
μ+ SR-measurements in transversally applied magnetic fields of 2000 G and 4000 G on heavy-electron single crystal U2Zn17 are presented. They reveal that at least two types of interstitial sites are occupied by the positive muons. One of these sites (1/3, 2/3, 5/6) could be identified via induced local dipolar fields which aboveTN=9.7 K can exactly be derived from the magnetic susceptibility. The corresponding component of the μ+-signal exhibits a steplike decrease by about 40% atTN which is caused by the onset of a very broad distribution of static internal magnetic fields (ΔB≈1000 G) with zero average. Such a field distribution is in distinct contrast to dipolar-field calculations performed for the simple antiferromagnetic structure deduced from neutron diffraction. The remaining 60% of the muons contributing to this component belowTN are subject to a narrow static field distribution (ΔB≈1 G). The induced dipolar fields at the site (1/3, 2/3, 5/6) are temperature-independent belowTN. A weak dipolar coupling to the U-moments renders similar observations for muons occupying the second type of interstitial impossible.
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