138 research outputs found
Optical conductivity of filled skutterudites
A simple tight-binding model is constructed for the description of the
electronic structure of some Ce-based filled skutterudite compounds showing an
energy gap or pseudogap behavior. Assuming band-diagonal electron interactions
on this tight-binding model, the optical conductivity spectrum is calculated by
applying the second-order self-consistent perturbation theory to treat the
electron correlation. The correlation effect is found to be of great importance
on the description of the temperature dependence of the optical conductivity.
The rapid disappearance of an optical gap with increasing temperature is
obtained as observed in the optical experiment for Ce-based filled-skutterudite
compounds.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures, use jpsj2.cls, to appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
Vol.73, No.10 (2004
On the origin of multiple ordered phases in PrFe4P12
The nature of multiple electronic orders in skutterudite PrFe_4P_{12} is
discussed on the basis of a model with antiferro-quadrupole (AFQ) interaction
of \Gamma_3 symmetry. The high-field phase can be reproduced qualitatively
provided (i) ferro-type interactions are introduced between the dipoles as well
as between the octupoles of localized f-electrons, and (ii) separation is
vanishingly small between the \Gamma_1-\Gamma_4^{(1)} crystalline electric
field (CEF) levels. The high-field phase can have either the same ordering
vector q=(1,0,0) as in the low-field phase, or a different one q=0 depending on
the parameters. In the latter case, distortion of the crystal perpendicular to
the (111) axis is predicted. The corresponding anomaly in elastic constants
should also appear. The electrical resistivity is calculated with account of
scattering within the CEF quasi-quartet. It is found that the resistivity as a
function of the direction of magnetic field shows a sharp maximum around the
(111) axis at low temperatures because of the level crossing.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figure
Crystalline electric field effects in the electrical resistivity of PrOsSb
The temperature and magnetic field dependencies of the electrical
resistivity of the recently discovered heavy fermion superconductor
\PrOsSb{} have features that are associated with the splitting of the Pr
Hund's rule multiplet by the crystalline electric field (CEF). These features
are apparently due to magnetic exchange and aspherical Coulomb scattering from
the thermally populated CEF-split Pr energy levels. The data
in zero magnetic field can be described well by calculations based on CEF
theory for various ratios of magnetic exchange and aspherical Coulomb
scattering, and yield CEF parameters that are qualitatively consistent with
those previously derived from magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, and
inelastic neutron scattering measurements. Calculated isotherms for a
ground state qualitatively account for the `dome-shaped' feature
in the measured isotherms.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Journal of Physics: Condensed Matte
High magnetic field phase diagram of PrOs4Sb12
The magnetic phase diagram of PrOsSb has been investigated by
specific heat measurements between 8 and 32 T. A new Schottky anomaly due to
excitations between two lowest crystalline-electric-field (CEF) singlets, has
been found for both and above the field
where the field-induced ordered phase (FIOP) is suppressed. The constructed
phase diagram shows weak magnetic anisotropy and implies a crossing of
the two CEF levels at about 8 - 9 T for both field directions. These results
provide an unambiguous evidence for the singlet being the CEF ground
state and suggest the level crossing (involving lowest CEF levels) as the
driving mechanism of FIOP.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Exciton Mediated Superconductivity in PrOs4Sb12
The most important character of the exotic superconductor PrOs4Sb12 is the
existence of low-lying excitations (excitons) with a finite energy gap and it
appears as the magnetic field-induced order above 4.5 T. We focus on the a_u
conduction band, which hybridizes with a Pr 4f^2 state strongly, coupled to the
excitons. It results in an attractive interaction between the conduction
electrons. The symmetry of the superconducting order parameter is determined by
dispersion relation of the exciton. For the bcc system PrOs4Sb12, a d-wave
state [kx ky + omega ky kz + omega^2 kz kx, omega=exp(pm i 2 pi/3)] is
stabilized with broken time reversal symmetry.Comment: 4 page
Superconductivity and crystalline electric field effects in the filled skutterudite series Pr(OsRu)Sb
X-ray powder diffraction, magnetic susceptibility , and electrical
resistivity measurements were made on single crystals of the filled
skutterudite series Pr(OsRu)Sb. One end of the series
() is a heavy fermion superconductor with a superconducting critical
temperature K, while the other end () is a conventional
superconductor with K. The lattice constant decreases
approximately linearly with increasing Ru concentration . As Ru (Os) is
substituted for Os (Ru), decreases nearly linearly with substituent
concentration and exhibits a minimum with a value of K at , suggesting that the two types of superconductivity compete with one
another. Crystalline electric field (CEF) effects in and
due to the splitting of the Pr nine-fold degenerate Hund's
rule multiplet are observed throughout the series, with the splitting
between the ground state and the first excited state increasing monotonically
as increases. The fits to the and data are
consistent with a doublet ground state for all values of x,
although reasonable fits can be obtained for a ground state for
values near the end member compounds ( or ).Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Exactly solvable toy models of unconventional magnetic alloys: Bethe Ansatz versus Renormalization Group method
We propose toy models of unconventional magnetic alloys, in which the density
of band states, , and hybridization, , are energy
dependent; it is assumed, however, that
, and hence an effective
electron-impurity coupling is
energy independent. In the renormalization group approach, the physics of the
system is assumed to be governed by only rather than by
separate forms of and . However, an exact Bethe
Ansatz solution of the toy Anderson model demonstrates a crucial role of a form
of inverse band dispersion .Comment: A final version. A previous one has been sent to Archive because of
my technical mistake. Sorr
Calculation of Optical Conductivity of YbB using Realistic Tight-Binding Model
Based on the previously reported tight-binding model fitted to the LDA+U band
calculation, optical conductivity of the prototypical Kondo insulator
YbB is calculated theoretically. Many-body effects are taken into
account by the self-consistent second order perturbation theory. The gross
shape of the optical conductivity observed in experiments are well described by
the present calculation, including their temperature-dependences.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures, use jpsj2.cls, to appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
Vol.73, No.10 (2004
Exciton Mediated Triplet Superconductivity in Th System PrOs4Sb12
In PrOs4Sb12, the lowest-lying singlet and triplet states in a Pr 4f^2
configuration hybridize with conduction electrons having local a_u and t_u
point-group symmetries. It is shown that for an attractive triplet pairing
interaction, the orbital degrees of freedom of the t_u component are important.
In addition, the Th point-group symmetry characteristic of skutterudites plays
an important role in stabilizing triplet superconductivity.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
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