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L-point quadrupole order under magnetic field in cubic PrIr$_2$Zn$_{20}$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2026-05-06 v4

Abstract

We study quadrupole orders in heavy-fermion compound PrIr2_2Zn20_{20} under magnetic fields on the basis of the Landau theory. Assuming EgE_g electric quadrupolar orders in the cubic symmetry with the ordering wavenumber at the L points in the face-centered cubic lattice Brillouin zone as observed experimentally, we construct a Landau free energy and analyze the resulting free energy. We find that the unidentified high-temperature ordered phase under the magnetic field H[001]{\bf H} \parallel [001] reported earlier arises from the rotation of the quadrupole moments of f electrons on the Pr site. We also discuss the phase diagram for other magnetic-field directions and possible double-q{\bf q} quadrupolar orders in this system.

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@article{arxiv.2504.10216,
  title  = {L-point quadrupole order under magnetic field in cubic PrIr$_2$Zn$_{20}$},
  author = {Hitoko Okanoya and Kazumasa Hattori},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.10216},
  year   = {2026}
}

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