Observation of field-induced single-ion magnetic anisotropy in a multiorbital Kondo alloy (Lu,Yb)RhZn

北澤 崇文; 池田 陽一*; 榊原 俊郎*; 松尾 晶*; 清水 悠晴*; 徳永 陽; 芳賀 芳範; 金道 浩一*; 南部 雄亮*; 池内 和彦*; et al.

Physical Review B, 108(8), p.085105_1 - 085105_7, 2023/08

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.085105

We demonstrate field-induced single-ion magnetic anisotropy resulting from the multiorbital Kondo effect on diluted ytterbium alloy (LuYb)RhZn. Single-ion anisotropic metamagnetic behavior is revealed in low-temperature regions where the local Fermi-liquid state is formed. Specific heat, low-field magnetic susceptibility, and resistivity indicate reproduction of the ground-state properties by the SU( = 8) Kondo model with a relatively large - hybridization of = 60.9 K. Dynamical susceptibility measurements on YbRhZn support realizing multiorbital Kondo ground state in (LuYb)RhZn. The single-ion magnetic anisotropy becomes evident above 5 T, which is lower than the isotropic Kondo crossover field of 22.7 T, verifying blurred low-lying crystal field states through the multiorbital Kondo effect.