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-electron states of heavy-fermion superconductor NpPd
Al
and rare-earth- and actinide-based isostructural compoundsMetoki, Naoto
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 89(2), p.025001_1 - 025001_2, 2020/02
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：15.12(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Good correspondence of the 
and 
- coupling scheme can be realized in the -electron states of the heavy-fermion superconductor NpPdAl and the isostructural family. The rare-earth and actinide elements are under a common strong uniaxial point charge potential with tetragonal point symmetry 
. The systematic development of the -electron states can be understood in the coupling scheme of 
configuration (the number of electrons 
). We can find the corresponding states in - coupling scheme with three -orbitals 
, and 
determined from CePdAl with 
configuration.
states in UPdAl and valence crossover in the Vicinity of Heavy-Fermion superconductivityMetoki, Naoto; Haga, Yoshinori; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Matsuda, Masaaki*
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 87(11), p.114712_1 - 114712_9, 2018/11
Times Cited Count：3 Percentile：32.12(Physics, Multidisciplinary)The localized 5 states with 5 (
) configuration of U
ion have been revealed in UPdAl. We found that the low-lying states are the same as PrPdAl flat orbitals with large 
are stabilized by a two-dimensional CEF potential in the unique crystal structure. The present study involves the valence crossover from tetravalent to trivalent in a series of AnPdAl, demonstrated by lattice and/or transport anomaly as well as many body effects in the vicinity of the boundary. The valence instability plays important role for the unusual heavy fermion superconductivity in NpPdAl.
-electron states in PrPdAlMetoki, Naoto; Yamauchi, Hiroki; Suzuki, Hiroyuki*; Kitazawa, Hideaki*; Hagihara, Masato*; Masuda, Takatsugu*; Aczel, A. A.*; Chi, S.*; Hong, T.*; Matsuda, Masaaki*; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 87(9), p.094704_1 - 094704_8, 2018/09
Times Cited Count：6 Percentile：50.27(Physics, Multidisciplinary)The -electron states of PrPdAl were revealed by neutron inelastic scattering. The flat -orbitals with large become stable under the two-dimensional CEF potential of unique crystal structure, which is the origin of the Ising anisotropy. A systematic understanding is possible in RPdAl based on this CEF potential. Especially the 
-type anisotropy in NpPdAl can be qualitatively understood with the positive Stevens factors. It mean that the local property is important for the physical properties of RPdAl including the heavy fermion superconductivity in NpPdAl.
