Three-channel Kondo effect in holmium +3 ions. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Three-channel Kondo effect in holmium +3 ions.

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(a) Schematic of how the four remaining electrons of the ten f electrons of the Ho3+ ion can combine. The rectangle and oval denote triplet and singlet pairs, respectively. (b) Entropy vs. temperature for the Ho3+ ion.

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