Landau Theory of Multipolar Order in Pr(TM)2X20 Kondo materials

ORAL

Abstract

A series of Pr(TM)2X20 (with TM=Ti,V,Rh,Ir and X=Al,Zn) Kondo materials exhibits exotic behavior such as quadrupolar order, superconductivity and non-Fermi liquid behavior. In particular, non-Kramers Pr3+ 4f2 moments show interesting magnetic field dependence with multipolar orderings.
In this paper, by taking into account both quadrupolar and octupolar moments of non-Kramers doublet in Pr3+, we study magnetic field effect of multipolar orderings based on a simple Landau theory. We discuss the unique features of two different cases with fields; pure ferroquadrupolar order, antiferroquadrupolar order coexisting with octupolar ordering. Based on our theory, we also provide understanding of experimental results on a series of Pr(TM)2X20 materials.

*S.B.L. is supported by the KAIST startup and National Research Foundation Grant (NRF-2017R1A2B4008097). A.P. and Y.B.K. are supported by the NSERC of Canada and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. The Cologne group acknowledges partial funding from the DFG within CRC 1238 (projectC02).

Presenters

  • SungBin Lee

    • Physics, KAIST
    • Korea Adv Inst of Sci & Tech
    • Department of Physics, KAIST

Authors

  • SungBin Lee

    • Physics, KAIST
    • Korea Adv Inst of Sci & Tech
    • Department of Physics, KAIST
  • Frederic Freyer

    • University of Cologne
  • Jan Attig

    • University of Cologne
  • Arun Paramekanti

    • University of Toronto
    • Physics, Univ of Toronto
    • Department of Physics, Univ of Toronto
  • Simon Trebst

    • Univ Cologne
    • University of Cologne
    • Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne
  • Yong-Baek Kim

    • Univ of Toronto
    • Physics, University of Toronto
    • University of Toronto
    • Department of Physics, University of Toronto
    • Physics, Univ of Toronto