Specific heat of the R2TIn8 compounds

This thesis deals with magnetic properties of antiferromagnets Nd2TIn8, where T = Rh, Ir and Co. This compounds are members of a group of structurally rela- ted compounds RX3, RTX5 and R2TX8, crystallizing in tetragonal structure, and they reveal interesting magnetic properties, for example there was observed su- perconductivity for Ce-based compounds. In addition there are shown the results of measurement of NdPd5Al2. Specific heat was measured on monocrystals. The order tempratures were determined. The dimensionalities of magnon excitations where estimated using an analysis of low-temperature dependence of specific heat. The magnetic entropies at order temperature were calculated and they were used for determining the ground states of ions Nd3+ and Tm3+ . The treatment of spe- cific heat above the order temperature was used for determining the energy levels of ions in studied compounds. The NdPd5Al2 specific heat was measured at zero and nonzero external fields, this measuring reveals an antiferromagnetic order under the order temperature and the axis of an easy magnetization in direction of c axis.