Ion pairs and spontaneous break of symmetry in the valence-fluctuating compound YbB12
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Altshuler, Tatiana S.
Goryunov, Yu.V.
Bresler, Michael S.
Iga, Fumitoshi
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abstract | Electron spin resonance (ESR) from Yb3+ ions in a single crystal of fluctuating valence compound YbB12 was studied. We have observed two main lines symmetrically displaced from a g value of 2.55 and exhibiting modulation with 5% anisotropy, when the magnetic field was rotated in the (110) plane from the cubic axis to the [110] direction. Experimental results are explained by an existence of Yb-Yb pairs which are coupled by isotropic exchange but interact also with the other pairs by dipole and exchange coupling. A strong temperature dependence of the amplitude of the ESR signals is found and interpreted as a result of capture of electrons by Yb3+ ions from electron traps with a binding energy of 18 K. The occurrence of a slight anisotropy in a cubic semiconductor may be the result of a spontaneous break of symmetry specific for the ground state of a Kondo dielectric.
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journal title |
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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volume | Volume 68
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issue | Issue 1
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start page | 014425-1
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end page | 014425-7
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date of issued | 2003-07-24
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publisher | American Physical Society
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issn | 0163-1829
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eng
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Journal Article
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HU type |
Journal Articles
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DCMI type | text
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format | application/pdf
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text version | publisher
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rights | Copyright (c) 2003 American Physical Society.
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Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter
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