Sb-NQR probe for multipole degree of freedom in the first Pr-based heavy-fermion superconductor PrOs$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$

Details Sb-NQR probe for multipole degree of freedom in the first Pr-based heavy-fermion superconductor PrOs$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$ Sb-NQR probe for multipole degree of freedom in the first Pr-based heavy-fermion superconductor PrOs$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$

2005-08-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0508539v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

7 pages, 4 figures, (jpsj2.cls). to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. Vol.74, No.10

Scientific paper

10.1143/JPSJ.74.2695

We report $^{121,123}$Sb nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements in the filled-skutterudite superconductor PrOs$_4$Sb$_{12}$ in the temperature range of 0.05-30 K. The electric field gradients (EFG), $V_{zz}$ and $V_{xx}-V_{yy}$, at the Sb site exhibit unusual temperature dependence below 30 K. To explain these features, we discuss the coupling between the Sb nuclear quadrupole moment and Pr $4f^2$-derived multipole moments. The observed $T$ dependence of EFG is well explained by the CEF quasi-quartet consisted of $\Gamma_1$ singlet and $\Gamma_4^{(2)}$ triplet states in the cubic point group $T_h$. These results, in turn, are indicative of the importance of the coupling between the $^{121,123}$Sb quadrupole moments and the hexadecapole moment caused by the quasi-quartet.

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