2012年2月
Dissipation in Non-Kramers Doublet of PrMg3
JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
- 巻
- 81
- 号
- 2
- 開始ページ
- 023710-1
- 終了ページ
- 023710-4
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1143/JPSJ.81.023710
- 出版者・発行元
- PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN
The low-temperature ultrasonic dispersion in the transverse (C-11 - C-12)/2 mode of PrMg3 with the non-Kramers-doublet ground state has been investigated in temperatures down to 20 mK. The dispersion is caused by a thermally activated motions characterized by an Arrhenius-type relaxation time of tau = tau(0) exp(E/k(B)T) with low activation energy, E = 500 mK, and slow attempt time, tau(0) = 0 8.5 x 10(-10) s. The coupling of the electric quadrupoles of the non-Kramers-doublet ground state to transverse lattice vibrations leads to a vibronic ground state with dissipation. The vibronic state in PrMg3 releases the entropy of k(B) ln2 with lowering temperature across the activation energy. A Kondo-like singlet state due to the binding of the non-Kramers doublet to the lattice vibrations appears at low temperatures far below the activation energy.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1143/JPSJ.81.023710
- ISSN : 0031-9015
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000299822100012