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Simultaneous collapse of antiferroquadrupolar order and superconductivity in PrIr$_{2}$Zn$_{20}$ by nonhydrostatic pressure

Superconductivity 2020-09-14 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Superconductivity in PrIr2_{2}Zn20_{20} appears at Tc=0.05T_{\rm c} = 0.05 K in the presence of an antiferroquadrupolar order below TQ=0.11T_{\rm Q} = 0.11 K. We have studied pressure dependences of TcT_{\rm c}, TQT_{\rm Q}, and non-Fermi liquid behaviors in the resistivity ρ(T)\rho (T) by using two pressure transmitting media: argon maintaining highly hydrostatic pressure, and glycerol, which solidifies above 5 GPa producing nonhydrostatic pressure. Upon applying PP with argon up to 10.6 GPa, TcT_{\rm c} hardly changes, while TQT_{\rm Q} monotonically increases from 0.11 to 0.23 K. With glycerol, however, TQT_{\rm Q} and TcT_{\rm c} simultaneously fall below 0.04 K at 6.3 GPa. The contrasting results indicate that onsite quadrupolar fluctuations induce superconductivity in this compound.

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@article{arxiv.2009.04708,
  title  = {Simultaneous collapse of antiferroquadrupolar order and superconductivity in PrIr$_{2}$Zn$_{20}$ by nonhydrostatic pressure},
  author = {Kazunori Umeo and Riho Takikawa and Takahiro Onimaru and Makoto Adachi and Keisuke T. Matsumoto and Toshiro Takabatake},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.04708},
  year   = {2020}
}

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15 pages, 4 figures