Abstract
Single crystalline intermetallics ${\mathrm{CeInCu}}_{2}$ and ${\mathrm{NdInCu}}_{2}$, where the rare earth ions occupy geometrically frustrated fcc lattice of Heusler-type structure, have been studied comparatively to shed light on the ground-state magnetism derived from Kondo physics and/or spin frustration competing with the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interaction. ${\mathrm{CeInCu}}_{2}$ is distinct from ${\mathrm{NdInCu}}_{2}$ due to the significant Kondo effect that is absent in the latter. They order antiferromagnetically at ${T}_{N}\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\approx}\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}1.4$ and 2.0 K with large paramagnetic Curie-Weiss temperature of $\ensuremath{-}35.4$ K and $\ensuremath{-}41.1$ K, respectively. The electronic specific-heat coefficient $\ensuremath{\gamma}$ = $C/T$ ($T\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}0$) = 870 mJ ${\mathrm{mol}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}{\mathrm{K}}^{\ensuremath{-}2}$ in ${\mathrm{CeInCu}}_{2}$ is significantly enhanced, much larger than 180 mJ ${\mathrm{mol}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}{\mathrm{K}}^{\ensuremath{-}2}$ of the latter that is also enhanced albeit its non-Kondo nature. For both compounds, the Kadowaki-Woods ratio deviates greatly from the standard value expected from a Kramers doublet ground state, which, however, can be restored if one considers a smaller but still sizable $\ensuremath{\gamma}$ estimated from the paramagnetic state. Likewise, the Kondo temperature of ${\mathrm{CeInCu}}_{2}$ is revised to be ${T}_{K}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\approx}$ 13 K that is double the literature values, manifesting a major effect of spin frustration to low-temperature thermodynamics beyond the Kondo physics. Similarities between the two compounds is also noticed in their temperature-field phase diagrams in spite of their thermodynamic distinctions in the thermal expansion and the Gr\"uneisen ratio, which are much more sensitive to Kondo hybridization than to geometrical frustration.
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