Antiferroquadrupolar Ordering in a Pr-Based Superconductor PrIr2Zn20

Physical review letters Volume 106 Issue 17 Page 177001-1-177001-4 published_at 2011-04-29
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Antiferroquadrupolar Ordering in a Pr-Based Superconductor PrIr2Zn20
Creator
Matsumoto Keisuke
Inoue Yukihiro
Sakakibara Toshiro
Karaki Yoshitomo
Kubota Minoru
Source Title
Physical review letters
Volume 106
Issue 17
Start Page 177001-1
End Page 177001-4
Descriptions
An antiferroquadrupolar ordering at T_Q=0.11K has been found in a Pr-based superconductor PrIr_2Zn_<20>. The measurements of specific heat and magnetization revealed the non-Kramers Γ_3 doublet ground state with the quadrupolar degrees of freedom. The specific heat exhibits a sharp peak at T_Q=0.11K. The increment of T_Q in magnetic fields and the anisotropic B-T phase diagram are consistent with the antiferroquadrupolar ordered state below T_Q. The entropy release at T_Q is only 20% of Rln2, suggesting that the quadrupolar fluctuations play a role in the formation of the superconducting pairs below T_c=0.05K.
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Physics [ 420 ]
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
The American Physical Society
Date of Issued 2011-04-29
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Copyright (c) 2011 The American Physical Society
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 0031-9007
[DOI] 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.177001
[NCID] AA00773679
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.177001