2005年1月
Elastic constant in magnetic fields and singlet-triplet state of heavy fermion superconductor PrOS4Sb12
JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
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- 巻
- 74
- 号
- 1
- 開始ページ
- 263
- 終了ページ
- 266
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1143/JPSJ.74.263
- 出版者・発行元
- PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN
We have made ultrasonic measurements on a filled skutterudite PrOs4Sb12 showing a heavy fermion superconductivity at T-C = 1.85 K. The softening of the elastic constant with decreasing temperature has been found above T-C. The (C-11 - C-12)/2 in applying magnetic fields along the [110] axis at 1.0 K exhibits a minimum around 8 T, which is well accounted for by the one-ion quadrupolar susceptibility reflecting the level crossing of one of an excited Gamma(4)((2)) triplet to a ground state Gamma(1) singlet. The softening of (C-11 - C-12)/2 proportional to reciprocal temperature just above T-C may be dominated by the tunneling of an off-center Pr-ion in an Sb-icosahedron cage.
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- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1143/JPSJ.74.263
- ISSN : 0031-9015
- CiNii Articles ID : 150000092297
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000226555400034