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Apr 21, 2020

High-field ultrasonic study of quadrupole ordering and crystal symmetry breaking in CeRhIn_5

Rhidical Review B
  • R.Kurihara
  • ,
  • A. Miyake
  • ,
  • M.Tokunaga
  • ,
  • Y.Hirose
  • ,
  • R.Settai

Volume
101
Number
First page
155125-1
Last page
155125-8
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.101.155125

We performed an ultrasonic measurement for the heavy-fermion compound CeRhIn_5 to investigate the origin of the field-induced anisotropic phase in high magnetic fields. The transverse elastic constant C_T=(C_{11}−C_{12})/2 and the ultrasonic attenuation coefficient αT show clear anomaly at B^★=28.5T, which was discussed as the electronic nematic transition point. In addition, C_T exhibits acoustic de Haas-van Alphen oscillation below 28.5 T. These elastic anomalies around B★ indicate an electric quadrupole ordering of O_{x^2−y^2} accompanied by B_{1g} crystal symmetry breaking and Fermi surface reconstruction due to the quadrupole-strain coupling, which results from itinerant 4f electrons and the p−f hybridized state.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.155125
URL
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.155125
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  • DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.155125

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