Pressure effect on magnetism in CeTe₁.₈₂

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We report the normal-state transport and magnetic properties of a pressure-induced superconductor CeTe₁.₈₂. We found that the applied pressure is required to increase the Kondo temperature scale (T* K 170 K), associated with the two-dimensional motion of the carriers confined within the Te plane. Both the short-range ferromagnetic ordering temperature (T SRF 6 K) and the long-range antiferromagnetic transition temperature (T N 4.3 K) are slightly increased with pressure. We suggest that the application of pressure enhances a coupling between the 4f and conduction electrons. We also found that the field effect on the transport under pressure is analogous to that at ambient pressure, where a large magnetoresistance is observed in the vicinity of T SRF.