Itinerant electron metamagnetism and spin fluctuations in nearly ferromagnetic metals Y(Co1-xAlx)2

Abstract
High-field magnetisation- and temperature-dependent susceptibility of Laves phase inter-metallic compounds Y(Co1-xAlx)2 are investigated in the strongly exchange-enhanced paramagnetic region (0c and the temperature of the susceptibility maximum Tmax obtained as a function of x indicate a linear relationship, i.e. Bc/Tmax=constant. The result clearly suggests that the susceptibility maximum of the nearly ferromagnetic metals is strongly correlated with itinerant electron metamagnetism.

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