La impurity effects on quadrupolar ordering in PrPb 3
La impurity effects on quadrupolar ordering in PrPb 3
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La 杂质对 PrPb 3 中四极有序性的影响
DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.65.012409
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发表时间:
2001
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
T. Kitai
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作者:
T. Kawae;M. Shimogai;M. Mito;K. Takeda;H. Ishii;T. Kitai
We study low-temperature properties of Pr 1 - x La x Pb 3 with the ground state of a non-Kramers Γ 3 for 0≤x ≤0.8. From the concentration dependence of the specific heat, quadrupolar ordering is expected to occur only up to x∼0.02. For a wide range of La concentrations where the ordering is absent, the specific heat shows a T linear variation, which is in an excellent agreement with the result obtained by the model for amorphous materials with a random configuration of a two-level system. Impurity effects on quadrupolar moments will be discussed.