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La
Pb
Kawae, Tatsuya*; Koga, Mikito*; Sato, Yoshiaki*; Makiyama, Shun*; Inagaki, Yuji*; Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Fujiwara, Tetsuya*; Suzuki, Hiroyuki*; Kitai, Tetsuo*
JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 3, p.012030_1 - 012030_6, 2014/06
We measure the temperature dependence of the nonlinear susceptibility
in Pr
La
Pb
.
reflects the fluctuation of the quadrupolar moments. Non-Fermi liquid behavior of
with
-dependence is detected below 2.5 K, suggesting that the screening of the quadrupolar moments is responsible for the anomalous behavior at low temperatures. These results provide a direct evidence for the crucial role of the quadrupolar moments in Pr
La
Pb
.
non-Kramers doublet system Pr
La
Pb
Kawae, Tatsuya*; Koga, Mikito*; Sato, Yoshiaki*; Makiyama, Shun*; Inagaki, Yuji*; Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Fujiwara, Tetsuya*; Suzuki, Hiroyuki*; Kitai, Tetsuo*
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 82(7), p.073701_1 - 073701_4, 2013/07
Times Cited Count:11 Percentile:56.18(Physics, Multidisciplinary)We measure the temperature dependence of the nonlinear susceptibility
, which reflects the fluctuation of quadrupolar moments in, Pr
La
Pb
which a
non-Kramers doublet in the crystal-electric-field ground state to provide evidence of the quadrupolar Kondo effect. Non-Fermi liquid behavior of
with a - ln
dependence is detected in the [100] and [110] directions below
2.5 K, suggesting the screening of quadrupolar moments. In contrast,
in the [111] direction becomes constant below
3 K. The observed features indicate that a low-lying
doublet plays a crucial role in the anomalous properties of Pr
La
Pb
.