Antiferroquadrupole order and magnetic field induced octupole in CeB6
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Yonemura, Takumi
Kunimori, Keisuke
Iga, Fumitoshi
Nagao, Tatsuya
Igarashi, Jun-ichi
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Physics
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abstract | We have studied the antiferroquadrupole ordered phase of CeB6 in magnetic fields by resonant x-ray diffraction. By analyzing the significant change in the energy spectrum on reversing the field direction along [1̅ 1 0], we have deduced field dependencies of the antiferro components of magnetic dipole, electric quadrupole, and magnetic octupole moments which are simultaneously induced in the Ce 4f orbital with a propagation vector (1/2,1/2,1/2). The data treatments are based on theoretically calculated spectral functions. The existence of the field-induced octupole is also concluded for other field directions. We also show direct evidence for the formation of a linear-combination-type antiferroquadrupole order parameter in magnetic fields, which is expressed as 〈αOyz+βOzx+γOxy〉 and changes continuously with the field direction (α,β,γ). A possibility of observing the quadrupolar fluctuation is also pointed out.
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Physical Review B
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volume | Volume 85
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issue | Issue 17
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start page | 174417
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date of issued | 2012
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publisher | American Physical Society
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issn | 1098-0121
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eng
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Journal Article
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Journal Articles
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DCMI type | text
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format | application/pdf
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rights | (c) 2012 American Physical Society
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Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter
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