Low-field magnetic-relaxation effects in CeCu2Si2

Abstract
We have found time effects in the magnetization M of the heavy-fermion CeCu2 Si2 at H<400 Oe similar to the effects we recently reported for the high-Tc superconductors Sr-La-Cu-O and Ba-La-Cu-O. If a small field Hi is applied to a virgin bulk polycrystalline specimen, the magnetization M relaxes with time accurately following the law M(t)M(t0)ln(tt0) over observation times of 105 sec. The same law is followed at H=0 when the field Hi is removed. For H<Hc1 the logarithmic rate Mlnt is directly proportional to Hi4 and becomes almost independent of Hi when flux penetrates into the sample.

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