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Kondo Effects and Multipolar Order in the cubic PrTr2Al20 (Tr=Ti, V)

arXiv:1104.4167 · doi:10.1143/JPSJ.80.063701

Abstract

Our single crystal study reveals that PrTr2Al20 (Tr = Ti and V) provides the first examples of a cubic Γ3 nonmagnetic ground doublet system that shows the Kondo effect including a -ln T dependent resistivity. The Γ3 quadrupolar moments in PrV2Al20 induce anomalous metallic behavior through hybridization with conduction electrons, such as T^{1/2} dependent resistivity and susceptibility below ~ 20 K down to its ordering temperature T_O = 0.6 K. In PrTi2Al20, however, quadrupoles are well-localized and exhibit an order at T_O = 2.0 K. Stronger Kondo coupling in PrV2Al20 than in PrTi2Al20 suppresses quadrupolar ordering, and instead promotes hybridization between the Γ3 doublet and conduction electrons, leading to most likely the quadrupolar Kondo effect.

12 pages, 4 figures

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