Magnetic Field Influence on the Low Temperature Heat Capacity and Heat Release of (TMTSF)(2)PF(6)

We have measured under applied magnetic field the heat capacity c(p) and heat release Q of the quasi-1D conductor (TMTSF)(2)PF(6) in its spin density wave (SDW) ground state. The low-temperature heat capacity (T < 0.5 K) is dominated by a Schottky anomaly contribution. A corresponding term was al...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of low temperature physics 2003-11, Vol.133 (3-4), p.273-289
Hauptverfasser: Sahling, S, Lasjaunias, J C, Biljakovic, K, Monceau, P
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We have measured under applied magnetic field the heat capacity c(p) and heat release Q of the quasi-1D conductor (TMTSF)(2)PF(6) in its spin density wave (SDW) ground state. The low-temperature heat capacity (T < 0.5 K) is dominated by a Schottky anomaly contribution. A corresponding term was also found for the heat release. In this T-range both properties are strongly sensitive to moderate magnetic fields (i.e., below 0.5 T): their amplitudes have a sharp maximum for H(c)=0.2 T. We show that the corresponding density of two-level states N(s) undergoes a sharp maximum at H(c) which rules out an extrinsic origin for the two-level states. Instead we suppose an intrinsic origin, such as defects of commensurability of the SDW, as the (slow) excitations related to the domain walls. This effect is found to be independent on the field orientations H || a and H (perpendicular) a.
ISSN:0022-2291