Fermi-surface topologies and low-temperature phases of the filled skutterudite compounds CeOs4Sb12 and NdOs4Sb12

Ho, Pei Chun; Singleton, John; Goddard, Paul A.; Balakirev, Fedor F.; Chikara, Shalinee; Yanagisawa, Tatsuya; Maple, M. Brian; Shrekenhamer, David B.; Lee, Xia; Thomas, Avraham T.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.205140

Fermi-surface topologies and low-temperature phases of the filled skutterudite compounds ${CeOs}_{4} {Sb}_{12}$ and ${NdOs}_{4} {Sb}_{12}$

Journal Article · Mon Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.205140· OSTI ID:1352419

Ho, Pei Chun ^[1]; Singleton, John ^[2]; Goddard, Paul A. ^[3]; Balakirev, Fedor F. ^[4]; Chikara, Shalinee ^[4]; Yanagisawa, Tatsuya ^[5]; Maple, M. Brian ^[6]; Shrekenhamer, David B. ^[7]; Lee, Xia ^[7]; Thomas, Avraham T. ^[7]

California State Univ., Fresno, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab.; Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of Warwick, Coventry (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab.
Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Center for Advanced Nanoscience
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics

We use MHz conductivity, torque magnetometer, and magnetization measurements to report on single crystals of CeOs ₄ Sb ₁₂ and NdOs ₄Sb ₁₂ using temperatures down to 0.5 K and magnetic fields of up to 60 tesla. The field-orientation dependence of the de Haas-van Alphen and Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations is deduced by rotating the samples about the [ 010 ] and [ 0 $$\bar{1}$$ 1 1 ] directions. Our results indicate that NdOs ₄ Sb ₁₂ has a similar Fermi surface topology to that of the unusual superconductor PrOs ₄ Sb ₁₂, but with significantly smaller effective masses, supporting the importance of local phonon modes in contributing to the low-temperature heat capacity of NdOs ₄ Sb ₁₂ . By contrast, CeOs ₄ Sb ₁₂ undergoes a field-induced transition from an unusual semimetal into a high-field, high-temperature state characterized by a single, almost spherical Fermi-surface section. Furthermore, the behavior of the phase boundary and comparisons with models of the band structure lead us to propose that the field-induced phase transition in CeOs ₄ Sb ₁₂ is similar in origin to the well-known α - γ transition in Ce and its alloys.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; FG02-04ER46105

OSTI ID:: 1352419

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1333607

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--16-27436

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 94; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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