A New Antiferromagnetic Heavy Fermion Compound: CePd2Al3

We report the first measurements of the electrical resistivity, the magnetic susceptibility and the specific heat of the new hexagonal compound CePd 2 Al 3 . The results indicate that CePd 2 Al 3 h is a new heavy fermion system with an electronic specific heat coefficient (γ) of 380 mJ/mol·K 2 and antiferromagnetic ordering below T N =2.8 K.