Quadrupolar Kondo Effect in Non-Kramers Doublet System PrInAg2

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2006-01-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601430v1

J. Phys. Soc. Japan 75 (2006) 013704

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

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We performed ultrasonic measurement on the rare-earth intermetallic compound PrInAg_2 to examine the quadrupolar Kondo effect associated with the non-Kramers Gamma_3 doublet ground state. The characteristic softening of the elastic constant (c_{11}-c_{12})/2 below 10 K in PrInAg_2 is attributed to a Curie term in quadrupolar susceptibility for the quadrupole O_2^2=J_x^2-J_y^2 of the stable Gamma_3 ground state. (c_{11}-c_{12})/2 turns to a slight increase with the -lnT dependence below 0.1 K, which suggests the quenching of the quadrupolar moment in the quadrupolar Kondo state. Under applied magnetic fields of 10 T and 15 T above 8.7 T corresponding to the Kondo temperature T_K of ~ 0.86 K, the behavior of (c_{11}-c_{12})/2 is described in terms of quadrupolar susceptibility for the stable 4f^2 state.

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