Octupole Moment as a Hidden Order Parameter in Orbitally Degenerate f-Electron Systems

Details Octupole Moment as a Hidden Order Parameter in Orbitally Degenerate f-Electron Systems Octupole Moment as a Hidden Order Parameter in Orbitally Degenerate f-Electron Systems

2000-01-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0001238v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages, 1 figure, to be published in J.Phys.Soc.Jpn

Scientific paper

10.1143/JPSJ.69.671

Possibility of a novel pseudo-scalar (octupole) order is studied theoretically for orbitally degenerate systems with strong spin-orbit coupling such as Ce$_x$La$_{1-x}$B$_6$. It is discussed that coexistence of an octupole order parameter and antiferromagnetic fluctuation should lead to drastic softening of the elastic constant by a mode-mixing effect. Nonlinear coupling between dipole, quadrupole and octupole fluctuations is taken into account in terms of a Ginzburg-Landau-type functional which is derived microscopically through path integral.

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