Phase diagrams and ground-state magnetic properties of Pr-based filled skutterudites

Toshiro Sakakibara*, Takashi Tayama, Jeroen Custers, Hidekazu Sato, Takahiro Onimaru, Hitoshi Sugawara, Yuji Aoki, Hideyuki Sato, S. R. Saha

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研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Phase diagrams and the ground-state magnetic properties of PrOs4Sb12, PrRu4P12 and PrFe4P12 are studied by means of low-temperature magnetization and specific heat measurements. Field-induced ordering observed in PrOs4Sb12 for all directions above 4.5 T is well explained by a level crossing in the Γ1-Γ4(Th) pseudo-quartet states with inclusion of an antiferroquadrupolar (AFQ) interaction. In PrRu4P12, a Curie-like increase of the susceptibility observed down to below 300 mK indicates that a half of Pr3+ ions have the magnetic Γ4(Th) triplet ground state, in accordance with a dramatic change in the crystal field splitting below the metal-insulator transition at 63 K recently observed by an inelastic neutron scattering experiment. In PrFe4P12, a new ordered phase is observed for H(∥[111])>7.5 T above the AFQ phase below 0.6 K, which is probably responsible for unusual heavy electron behavior observed in this field direction.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)836-843
ページ数8
ジャーナルPhysica B: Condensed Matter
359-361
SPEC. ISS.
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2005/04/30

ASJC Scopus 主題領域

  • 電子材料、光学材料、および磁性材料
  • 凝縮系物理学
  • 電子工学および電気工学

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