Localized 4f States and Dynamic Jahn-Teller Effect in PrO2

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2001-01-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0101101v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 2082

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

To be published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 4 pages, 2 figs

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2082

Neutron spectroscopic measurements of the magnetic excitations in PrO$_2$ reveal (1) sharp peaks characteristic of transitions between levels of the $4f^1$ configuration of Pr$^{4+}$ split by the cubic crystal field, and (2) broad bands of scattering centred near 30 meV and 160 meV. We present a simple model based on a vibronic Hamiltonian that accounts for the main features of the data. The analysis shows that $90\pm10$% of the Pr ions have a localized $4f^1$ configuration and provides strong evidence for a dynamic Jahn-Teller effect in the $\Gamma_8$ electronic ground state.

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