Title: Superzone gap formation and low lying crystal electric field levels in PrPd$_2$Ge$_2$ single crystal,
Abstract: The magnetocrystalline anisotropy exhibited in PrPd$_2$Ge$_2$ single crystal
has been investigated by measuring the magnetization, magnetic susceptibility,
electrical resistivity and heat capacity. PrPd$_2$Ge$_2$ crystallizes in the
well known ThCr$_2$Si$_2$\--type tetragonal structure. The antiferromagnetic
ordering is confirmed as 5.1~K with the [001]-axis as the easy axis of
magnetization. A superzone gap formation is observed from the electrical
resistivity measurement when the current is passed along the [001] direction.
The crystal electric field (CEF) analysis on the magnetic susceptibility,
magnetization and the heat capacity measurements confirms a doublet ground
state with a relatively low over all CEF level splitting. The CEF level
spacings and the Zeeman splitting at high fields become comparable and lead to
metamagnetic transition at 34~T due to the CEF level crossing.