We report on the study of the electron-quasiparticle interaction function in Ce_{1-x}RE_{x} Ni_{5} (RE = Pr, Nd) pseudobinary compounds for x = 0, 0.2, 0.5, 0.8, and 1 measured by means of point-contact spectroscopy. The measured point-contact spectra (d^{2}V/dI^{2} - directly proportional to the electron- quasiparticle interaction function) of the heterocontacts between Ce_{1-x} RE_{x}Ni_{5} and Cu in the ballistic regime are presented.
The results of the measurements of temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity ρ(T), thermal expansion L(T) and susceptibility χ(T) on single crystal DyNi_{5} in the temperature range 4.2-300 K are reported. The maximum in ρ(T) at T_{N}=12.2 K was observed which corresponds to the transition to antiferromagnetically ordered state. Taking into account the Bloch-Grüneisen formula for electron-phonon contribution ρ_{ph}(T) to ρ(T) the anisotropic magnetic contribution ρ_{mag}(T) was determined. We also observed the anisotropic behaviour of L(T) at low temperatures.
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