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2005

Second-Order Effect of Strain in Singlet Ground State Compound PrNi5

JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
  • S. Hashio
  • ,
  • K. Morita
  • ,
  • T. Udagawa and A. Tamaki

Volume
74
Number
7
First page
2025-2032
Last page
2032
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1143/JPSJ.74.2025
Publisher
PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN

The rare earth compound PrNi5 has a nonmagnetic singlet ground state. The ground state of PrNi5 crosses the first excited state when a magnetic field is applicated along the a-axis. This level crossing occurs at 20 T and causes anomalies in some substances. In particular, the elastic constant C-66 exhibits a large elastic softening at this level crossing point. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the behavior of C-66 when a magnetic field is applied to a system. The behavior of the temperature dependence of C-66 has been explained already. However the method of calculating the temperature dependence Of C66 cannot explain the field dependence of C-66. Hence the elastic softening and behavior above the level crossing point in C-66 are analyzed applying the higher order effect of strain to elastic constants. The higher order effect of strain is much smaller than the first-order effect of strains and is usually neglected. Not only a first-order strain but a second-order one is taken into account in our works.

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https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.74.2025
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https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000230659300032&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1143/JPSJ.74.2025
  • ISSN : 0031-9015
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000230659300032

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