Direct observation of electric-quadrupolar order in UO$_{2}$

Details Direct observation of electric-quadrupolar order in UO$_{2}$ Direct observation of electric-quadrupolar order in UO$_{2}$

2005-08-17

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0508392v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

11 Pages, 4 Figures

Scientific paper

We report direct experimental evidence for long-range antiferro ordering of the electric-quadrupole moments on the U ions. Resonant x-ray scattering experiments at the uranium $M_{4}$ absorption edge show a characteristic dependence in the integrated intensity upon rotation of the crystal around the scattering vector. Although quadrupolar order in uranium dioxide was advocated already in the 1960s no experimental evidence for this phenomenon was provided until now. We conclude with a possible model to explain the phase diagram of the solid solutions of UO$_{2}$ and NpO$_{2}$. We suggest that in the region $0.30 < x < 0.75$ neither the transverse nor the longitudinal quadrupole ordering can dominate, leading to frustration and only short-range ordering.

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