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Change in the ground state of Y$_1-x$Pr$_x$Ir$_2$Zn$_20$ due to a quadrupolar Kondo effect with Pr concentration $x$

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JPS Conf. Proc., (May 22, 2023)
DOI: 10.7566/JPSCP.38.011089

Abstract

We measured the elastic constants (C11 − C12)/2 and C44 of the non-Kramers system Y0.92Pr0.08Ir2Zn20 (Pr-8% system) by means of ultrasound to check how the single-site quadrupolar Kondo effect is modulated by increasing the Pr concentration. In the Pr-8% system, a temperature dependence proportional to √T is observed in (C11 − C12) /2 below ∼ 0.5 K. This behavior rather corresponds to the theoretical prediction of the quadrupolar Kondo virtual “lattice” model, unlike that of a Pr-3.4% system, which shows a logarithmic temperature dependence based on the “single-site” quadrupolar Kondo theory. Such temperature dependence proportional to √T is also observed in a Pr-37% system below 0.15 K, which suggests that a crossover of the quantum ground state from the “single-site” model to the “lattice” model occurs as the localized quadrupolar interaction cannot be ignored with increasing Pr concentration.

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