Quadrupolar susceptibility and magnetic phase diagram of PrNi2Cd20 with non-Kramers doublet ground state

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Beitragende

  • Tatsuya Yanagisawa - , Hokkaido University (Autor:in)
  • Hiroyuki Hidaka - , Hokkaido University (Autor:in)
  • Hiroshi Amitsuka - , Hokkaido University (Autor:in)
  • Shintaro Nakamura - , Tohoku University (Autor:in)
  • Satoshi Awaji - , Tohoku University (Autor:in)
  • Elizabeth L. Green - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • Sergei Zherlitsyn - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • Joachim Wosnitza - , Exzellenzcluster ct.qmat: Komplexität und Topologie in Quantenmaterialien, Professur für Physik in hohen Magnetfeldern (gB/HZDR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • Duygu Yazici - , University of California at San Diego (Autor:in)
  • Benjamin D. White - , Central Washington University (Autor:in)
  • M. Brian Maple - , University of California at San Diego (Autor:in)

Abstract

In this study, ultrasonic measurements were performed on a single crystal of cubic PrNi2Cd20, down to a temperature of 0.02 K, to investigate the crystalline electric field ground state and search for possible phase transitions at low temperatures. The elastic constant (C11−C12)/2, which is related to the Γ3-symmetry quadrupolar response, exhibits the Curie-type softening at temperatures below ∼30 K, which indicates that the present system has a Γ3 non-Kramers doublet ground state. A leveling-off of the elastic response appears below ∼0.1 K toward the lowest temperatures, which implies the presence of level splitting owing to a long-range order in a finite-volume fraction associated with Γ3-symmetry multipoles. A magnetic field–temperature phase diagram of the present compound is constructed up to 28 T for H || [110]. A clear acoustic de Haas–van Alphen signal and a possible magnetic-field-induced phase transition at H ∼26 T are also detected by high-magnetic-field measurements.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1268-1281
Seitenumfang14
FachzeitschriftPhilosophical magazine
Jahrgang100
Ausgabenummer10
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 18 Mai 2020
Peer-Review-StatusJa

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Schlagwörter

  • crystal field, Elasticity, Kondo effect, phase diagrams, strongly correlated electrons, ultrasonic attenuation