Magnetic properties and crystalline electric field scheme in RRhIn (R: Rare earth)

Hieu, N. V.*; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Shishido, Hiroaki*; Tonohiro, Chie*; Yamada, Tsutomu*; Nakashima, Hiroshi*; Sugiyama, Kiyohiro*; Settai, Rikio*; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Haga, Yoshinori   ; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Kindo, Koichi*; Araki, Shingo*; Nozue, Yasuo*; Onuki, Yoshichika

A seriese of ternary compounds RRhIn (R: rare earth) has been grown in the single crystalline form by means of the flux method. Most of these compounds order antiferromagnetically at low temperatures, except R = Y, La, Pr and Yb. The magnetic properties are discussed on the basis of the crystalline-field parameters.