Crystalline electric field effects in the electrical resistivity of PrOs4Sb12

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作者：
Frederick, NA [1 ]
Maple, MB
机构：
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Phys, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Diego, Inst Pure & Appl Phys Sci, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER | 2003年 / 15卷 / 27期
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D O I：
10.1088/0953-8984/15/27/310
中图分类号：
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号：
070205 ;
摘要：
The temperature T and magnetic field H dependences of the electrical resistivity rho of the recently discovered heavy-fermion superconductor PrOS4Sb12 have features that are associated with the splitting of the Pr3+ 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 Pr3+ energy levels. The rho(T) 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 rho(H) isotherms for a Gamma(3) ground state qualitatively account for the 'dome-shaped' feature in the measured rho(H) isotherms.
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