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NdB$$_4$$の中性子散乱による研究

Neutron scattering study on NdB$$_4$$

目時 直人   ; 山内 宏樹   ; 松田 雅昌*; Fernandez Baca, J.*; 吉田 雅洋*; 吉澤 英樹*; 萩原 雅人*   ; 綿貫 竜太*

Metoki, Naoto; Yamauchi, Hiroki; Matsuda, Masaaki*; Fernandez Baca, J.*; Yoshida, Masahiro*; Yoshizawa, Hideki*; Hagihara, Masato*; Watanuki, Ryuta*

NdB$$_4$$の磁気構造と$$f$$電子状態を報告し、逐次転移のメカニズムを提案する。II相では面内磁気モーメント$$m_{ab}$$を伴うAll-in All-out構造($$Gamma$$4)と、$$c$$軸モーメント$$m_c$$の反強磁性ダイマー構造($$Gamma$$10)が共存し、さらに低温のIII・IV相では$$m_c$$の長周期変調を伴う。ランダウ理論による解析から$$m_c$$$$m_{ab}$$の高次($$nleq6$$)の誘起秩序変数として表現され、多極子相互作用が示唆される。NdB$$_4$$$$f$$電子状態は基底状態($$J_Z$$=$$pm$$5/2)の3meV上に$$J_Z$$=$$pm$$7/2の第一励起が存在し、これらによる準四重項状態を使って(1)中間相は$$J_x$$の磁気秩序相、(2)低温相は$$J_z$$と電気四極子$$O_{zx}$$の結合相、という逐次転移のメカニズムが提案できる。

We report the magnetic structures and propose the mechanism of the successive transition based on the $$f$$-electron state revealed by CEF excitation. We confirmed the non-collinear `all-in all-out' structure ($$Gamma_4$$) of the in-plane moment. We found that the magnetic moment along the $$c$$-axis $$m_c$$ showed diagonally antiferromagnetic structure ($$Gamma_{10}$$). The unusual magnetic ordering is phenomenologically understood via Landau theory. We also found that a long-period incommensurate modulation of the ($$0,0,1/2$$) antiferromagnetic structure of $$m_c$$ with the propagation $$q_{s1}$$ = (0.14, 0.14, 0.1) and $$q_{s2}$$ = (0.2, 0, 0.1) in phase III and IV, respectively. We found pseudo-quartet $$f$$-electron state based on $$J_z=pm5/2$$ and $$pm7/2$$. We can propose the intermediated phase as the magnetically ordered phase of $$J_x$$ while $$J_z$$ and $$O_{zx}$$ coupling phase tabilized in low temperatures.

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