Phenomenological Mean–Field Theory of Antiferromagnetism and Metamagnetism for Heavy Fermion Compounds with Application to Antiferromagnetic Ce(Ru\(_{1-x}\)Rh\(_{x}\))\(_{2}\)Si\(_{2}\)
摘要
We explored the phenomenological mean-field theory of antiferromagnetic heavy fermion systems without considering a microscopic mechanism. Using the Bragg–Williams entropy, we describe an extension of the Landau-like free energy by the antiferromagnetic two-sublattice model. We obtained thermal equilibrium sublattice magnetizations by minimizing the free energy of these two-sublattice magnetizations as a function of temperature and the external magnetic field. As an example, we examine the antiferromagnetic heavy fermion compound Ce(Ru