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May, 2004

Quadrupolar effect and rattling motion in the heavy-fermion superconductor PrOs4Sb12

PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • T Goto
  • ,
  • Y Nemoto
  • ,
  • K Sakai
  • ,
  • T Yamaguchi
  • ,
  • M Akatsu
  • ,
  • T Yanagisawa
  • ,
  • H Hazama
  • ,
  • K Onuki
  • ,
  • H Sugawara
  • ,
  • H Sato

Volume
69
Number
18
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.69.180511
Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC

The elastic properties of a filled skutterudite PrOs4Sb12 with a heavy fermion superconductivity at T-C=1.85 K have been investigated. The elastic softening of (C-11-C-12)/2 and C-44 with lowering temperature down to T-C indicates that the quadrupolar fluctuation due to the CEF state plays a role for the Cooper paring in superconducting phase of PrOs4Sb12. A Debye-type dispersion in the elastic constants around 30 K revealed a thermally activated Gamma(23) rattling due to the off-center Pr-atom motion obeying tau=tau(0) exp(E/k(B)T) with an attempt time tau(0)=8.8x10(-11) s and an activation energy E=168 K. It is remarkable that the charge fluctuation of the off-center motion with Gamma(23) symmetry may mix with the quadrupolar fluctuation and enhance the elastic softening of (C-11-C-12)/2 just above T-C.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.180511
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000222095500019&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.180511
  • ISSN : 2469-9950
  • eISSN : 2469-9969
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000222095500019

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