K A McEwen et al 2003 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 S1923 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/15/28/304
K A McEwen1, J-G Park2, A J Gipson3 and G A Gehring3
Show affiliationsThe double-hexagonal close-packed localized moment 5f system UPd3 exhibits four phase transitions below 8 K. We present new measurements of the magnetic susceptibility of UPd3 single crystals. The phase transitions are attributed to a sequence of antiferroquadrupolar ordered structures of the U 5f electrons on the quasi-cubic sites.
From a comprehensive analysis of the neutron scattering, x-ray scattering, and bulk property measurements of this system, we have deduced a new crystal field model for UPd3. This model, which has a doublet ground state on the quasi-cubic sites with a first excited singlet some 4 meV above it, provides a qualitative understanding of the succession of quadrupolar phase transitions and order parameters of UPd3. Moreover, the new model also explains the excitations observed, by inelastic neutron scattering, in UPd3 at 2 K.
75.30.Cr Saturation moments and magnetic susceptibilities
75.30.Kz Magnetic phase boundaries (including magnetic transitions, metamagnetism, etc.)
Issue 28 (23 July 2003)
Received 12 November 2002
Published 4 July 2003
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