Magnetism, heat capacity, magnetocaloric effect, and magneto-transport properties of heavy fermion antiferromagnet CeGaSi

We synthesize high-quality single crystal of CeGaSi by a Ga self-flux method and investigate its physical properties through magnetic susceptibility, specific heat and electrical resistivity measurements as well as high pressure effect. Magnetic measurements reveal that an antiferromagnetic order develops below T_m ∼ 10.4 K with magnetic moments orientated in the ab plane. The enhanced electronic specific heat coefficient and the negative logarithmic slope in the resistivity of CeGaSi indicate that the title compound belongs to the family of Kondo system with heavy fermion ground states. The max magnetic entropy change $-\mathrm{\Delta }{S}_{\mathrm{M}}^{\max }$ (μ₀H⊥c, μ₀H = 7 T) around T_m is found to reach up to 11.85 J⋅kg⁻¹⋅K⁻¹. Remarkably, both the antiferromagnetic transition temperature and −lnT behavior increase monotonically with pressure applied to 20 kbar (1 bar = 10⁵ Pa), indicating that much higher pressure will be needed to reach its quantum critical point.