Single crystal growth and magnetic properties of ferromagnetic URhGe

Matsuda, Tatsuma; Haga, Yoshinori; Tokiwa, Yoshifumi; Andrei, G.; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Okubo, Tomoyuki*; Onuki, Yoshichika

Acta Physica Polonica B, 34(2), p.1071 - 1074, 2003/02

http://www.actaphys.uj.edu.pl/_cur/store/vol34/pdf/v34p1071.pdf

We have successfully grown a single crystal of uranium intermetallic compound URhGe. The temperature dependence of electrical resistivity shows highly anisotropic behavior. Two anomalies, which correspond to the magnetic ordering temperatures, were observed in the resistivity, magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements at = 30 K and =25 K. The magnetic susceptibility also shows a large uniaxial anisotropy with a magnetic easy-axis along the [010] direction.