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Kuwahara, Keitaro*; Iwasa, Kazuaki*; Kogi, Masafumi*; Kaneko, Koji; Metoki, Naoto; Raymond, S.*; M
asson, M.-A.*; Flouquet, J.*; Sugawara, Hitoshi*; Aoki, Yuji*; et al.
Physica B; Condensed Matter, 385-386(Part 1), p.82 - 84, 2006/11
Times Cited Count：3 Percentile：17.99(Physics, Condensed Matter)We report inelastic neutron scattering experiments performed to investigate the low energy magnetic excitations on single crystals of the heavy-fermion superconductor PrOsSb. The observed excitation clearly softens at a wave vector Q=(1,0,0), which is the same as the modulation vector of the field-induced antiferro-quadrupolar ordering, and its intensity at Q=(1,0,0) is smaller than that around the zone center. This result directly evidences that this excitonic behavior is derived mainly from nonmagnetic quadrupolar interactions. Furthermore, the narrowing of the linewidths of the excitations below the superconducting transition temperature indicates the close connection between the superconductivity and the excitons.
SbKaneko, Koji; Metoki, Naoto; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Kuwahara, Keitaro*; Kogi, Masafumi*; Shiina, Ryosuke*; Mignot, J.-M.*; Gukasov, A.*; Bernhoeft, N.*
Physica B; Condensed Matter, 378-380, p.189 - 191, 2006/05
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：6.64(Physics, Condensed Matter)Neutron diffraction experiments under magnetic fields were carried out on the heavy fermion superconductor PrOsSb in order to reveal the origin of the field-induced ordered phase (FIOP) for 
[1,1,0]. The application of magnetic field induces the weak superlattice peaks with the ordering vector 
=(1,0,0) in FIOP, which is the same as for 
[0,0,1]. The observed superlattice reflections for [1,1,0] result from the antiferromagnetic component of 
+
; the induced tiny antiferromagnetic moments orient parallel to the applied field. This result cannot be explained by magnetic interactions and strongly evidences the underlying AFQ order with 
as a primary order parameter. These facts clarify the dominant role of -type antiferroquadrupolar interaction in PrOsSb.
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Kuwahara, Keitaro*; Iwasa, Kazuaki*; Kogi, Masafumi*; Kaneko, Koji; Metoki, Naoto; Raymond, S.*; Masson, M.-A.*; Flouquet, J.*; Sugawara, Hitoshi*; Aoki, Yuji*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 95(10), p.107003_1 - 107003_4, 2005/09
Times Cited Count：96 Percentile：92.15(Physics, Multidisciplinary)We report inelastic neutron scattering experiments performed to investigate the low energy magnetic excitations on single crystals of the heavy-fermion superconductor PrOsSb. The observed excitation clearly softens at a wave vector 
= (1,0,0), which is the same as the modulation vector of the field-induced antiferro-quadrupolar ordering, and its intensity at = (1,0,0) is smaller than that around the zone center. This result directly evidences that this excitonic behavior is derived mainly from nonmagnetic quadrupolar interactions. Furthermore, the narrowing of the linewidths of the excitations below the superconducting transition temperature indicates the close connection between the superconductivity and the excitons.
SbRaymond, S.*; Flouquet, J.*; Kuwahara, Keitaro*; Iwasa, Kazuaki*; Kogi, Masafumi*; Kaneko, Koji; Metoki, Naoto; Sugawara, Hitoshi*; Aoki, Yuji*; Sato, Hideyuki*
Physica B; Condensed Matter, 359-361, p.898 - 900, 2005/06
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：11.66(Physics, Condensed Matter)The low lying magnetic excitations of the unconventional heavy fermion superconductor PrOsSb were studied by inelastic neutron scattering on single crystalline sample. The crystal field excitation first evidenced at 0.7 meV on powder samples is found to have a minimum of energy at the zone boundary corresponding to the wavevector of antiferro-quadrupolar instability. The evolution of the magnetic excitation spectrum under magnetic field confirms the singlet ground state.
