Abstract: We investigate the effects of an applied magnetic field on the magnetic properties of the antiferromagnet GdCoIn 5 . The prominent anisotropy observed in the susceptibility below TN is rapidly suppressed by a field of just a few Tesla. Further evidence of this low energy-scale is obtained from magnetoresistance and magnetostriction experiments. The lattice length, particularly, shows a sudden change below 2 T when the magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the crystallographic c^ -axis.

Abstract: We present a theoretical analysis of the magnetic phase diagram of CeTi1-xScxGe and GdFe1-xCoxSi as a function
of the temperature and the Sc and Co concentration x, respectively. CeScGe and GdCoSi, as many other RTX
(R=rare earth, T=transition metal, X=p-block element) compounds, present a tetragonal crystal structure
where bilayers of R are separated by layers of T and X. While GdFeSi and CeTi0.75Sc0.25Ge are ferromagnetic,
CeScGe and GdCoSi order antiferromagnetically with the R 4f magnetic moments on the same bilayer aligned
ferromagnetically and magnetic moments in nearest neighbouring bilayers aligned antiferromagnetically. The
antiferromagnetic transition temperature TN decreases with decreasing concentration x in both compounds and
for low enough values of x the compounds show a ferromagnetic behavior. Based on these observations we
construct a simplified model Hamiltonian that we solve numerically for the specific heat and the magnetization.
We find a good qualitative agreement between the model and the experimental data. Our results show that the
main magnetic effect of the Sc→Ti and Co→Fe substitution in these compounds is consistent with a change in
the sign of the exchange coupling between magnetic moments in neighbouring bilayers. We expect a similar
phenomenology for other magnetic RTX compounds with the same type of crystal structure.

Abstract: We report magnetoelastic studies in the CeCo1−xFexSi alloys. Iron doping has a profound effect on the low temperature linear magnetostriction. At T = 2 K, the strength of the magnetostriction peaks at x = 0.23 where it reaches a value as large as $\[\frac{{\Delta L}}{L} = 3 \times {10^{ – 3}}\]$ in an applied magnetic field B = 16 T. This Fe concentration corresponds to the critical one xc above which long-range antiferromagnetic order is no longer observed. The progressive increment of the hibridization between the Ce 4f orbital and the conduction band, as the magnetic order vanishes, gives rise to a sizeable valence susceptibility that can be finely tuned by the magnetic field explaining the large magnetostrictive effect around xc. At higher x, the magnetostriction decreases, in agreement with a weaker valence susceptibility resulting from a stronger hibridization.

Abstract: We make a comparative study between the ab plane's dc critical current and the ac transverse magnetic permeability μ(perpendicular to) in the Campbell limit for optimally doped and overdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta samples. We focus attention on the low-temperature region [T/T-c(0) < 0.25], where the transition to the zero-dimensional Larkin limit is detected by the critical current as well as by a rapid change of the Labusch parameter with temperature. The order-disorder transition, characterized by the second peak in magnetization, disappears in the presence of this zero-dimensional pinning regime.

Abstract: We report a study of magnetic, structural, and transport properties of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta single crystals with different degrees of overdoping. The overdoping is achieved by high oxygen pressure (up to 190 bar) annealing. The parameters used to characterize the overdoping were the crystallographic c-axis lattice parameter and the superconducting transition temperature. The irreversibility line H-il and the characteristic field of the order-disorder transition of the vortex structure H-sp were obtained from dc magnetization with the applied magnetic field perpendicular to the CuO2 planes. The large overdoped range has two well-defined regions: (i) close to the optimal doping the interlayer coupling is mainly electromagnetic and H-sp is given by Phi (0)/lambda (2)(ab) (0) [lambda (ab)(0) is the in-plane penetration depth at T = 0 K], and (ii) with further overdoping the Josephson interlayer coupling becomes relevant, so H-sp deviates from Phi (0)/lambda (2)(ab) (0) and is fixed by the effective-mass anisotropy. All the results indicate an increase in the coupling between CuO2 planes with overdoping.