Magnetic properties of the charge density wave compounds RTe3 (R = Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm)

The antiferromagnetic transition is investigated in the rare-earth (R) tritelluride RTe(3) family of charge-density wave (CDW) compounds via specific heat, magnetization, and resistivity measurements. Observation of the opening of a superzone gap in the resistivity of DyTe(3) indicates that additional nesting of the reconstructed Fermi surface in the CDW state plays an important role in determining the magnetic structure.