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Sb-NQR probe for multipole degree of freedom in the first Pr-based heavy-fermion superconductor PrOs$ {4}$Sb$ {12}$ by Tou, Hideki; Doi, Masahiro; Sera, Masafumi; Yogi, Mamoru; Sugawara, Hitoshi; Shiina, Ryousuke; Sato, Hideyuki is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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We report $^{121,123}$Sb nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements in the filled-skutterudite superconductor PrOs$_4$Sb$_{12}$ in the temperature range of 0.05-30 K. The electric field gradients (EFG), $V_{zz}$ and $V_{xx}-V_{yy}$, at the Sb site exhibit unusual temperature dependence below 30 K. To explain these features, we discuss the coupling between the Sb nuclear quadrupole moment and Pr $4f^2$-derived multipole moments. The observed $T$ dependence of EFG is well explained by the CEF quasi-quartet consisted of $\Gamma_1$ singlet and $\Gamma_4^{(2)}$ triplet states in the cubic point group $T_h$. These results, in turn, are indicative of the importance of the coupling between the $^{121,123}$Sb quadrupole moments and the hexadecapole moment caused by the quasi-quartet.

Author

Tou, Hideki; Doi, Masahiro; Sera, Masafumi; Yogi, Mamoru; Sugawara, Hitoshi; Shiina, Ryousuke; Sato, Hideyuki

Published

2005

Language

EN