Successive Magnetic Transitions and Large Reduction of Resistivity with Ferromagnetic Ordering in UPdGe

Abstract

The electrical resistivity and magnetization of UPdGe have been measured in magnetic fields up to 60 kOe. We have found for the first time that the localized U moments enter a ferromagnetic state below 33 K following the spin-periodic ordered state below 55 K. A decrease of the resistivity is observed at both magnetic phase transitions. In the spin-periodic state, the large negative magnetoresistance accompanied by metamagnetismlike transition is observed. The ferromagnetic order reduces the electrical resistivity to a greater extent than the spin-periodic order. The results indicate that the effect of the magnetic superzone, as well as the effect of the magnetic scattering, is important when the magnetic ordering changes.