High Magnetic Field Study of Elastic Constants of the Cage-structure Compound SmBe13

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleContributedpeer-review

Contributors

  • S. Mombetsu - , Hokkaido University (Author)
  • T. Murazumi - , Hokkaido University (Author)
  • K. Hiura - , Hokkaido University (Author)
  • S. Yamazaki - , Hokkaido University (Author)
  • Y. Shimizu - , The University of Tokyo (Author)
  • H. Hidaka - , Hokkaido University (Author)
  • T. Yanagisawa - , Hokkaido University (Author)
  • H. Amitsuka - , Hokkaido University (Author)
  • S. Yasin - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, American University of the Middle East (Author)
  • S. Zherlitsyn - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • J. Wosnitza - , Chair of Physics of High Magnetic Fields, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)

Abstract

Ultrasonic measurements were performed on the cage-structure compound SmBe13. We have investigated the magnetic field-temperature phase diagram of this material by using pulsed magnetic fields. We found that the low-temperature magnetic order is suppressed by a magnetic field of 43 T for H ∥ [001], which is smaller than the estimated value from mean-field approximation assuming the Γ8 quartet crystal-electric-field ground state and simple antiferromagnetic order. We found that the elastic constant C44 shows softening below the ordering temperature and has a local minimum below 7 T. These facts suggest that the low- temperature state is not a simple antiferromagnetically ordered state. In addition, no elastic anomaly due to rattling modes was found in the present measurements.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number012032
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume683
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 5 Feb 2016
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

TitleTMU International Symposium on New Quantum Phases Emerging from Novel Crystal Structure
Duration24 - 25 September 2015
CityTokyo
CountryJapan

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas