Abstract:
Some f-electron systems such as URu2Si2 and PrFe4P12 show ordered phases where the order parameter is difficult to identify. These systems are characterized by the non- Kramers configuration where the number of f-electrons per site is even. We take generalized Kondo lattices as models of such non-Kramers systems, and have found a new kind of orders by combining the dynamical mean-field theory and the continuos-time quantum Monte Carlo calculation. In the case of two-channel Kondo lattice, for example, a strange order emerges where the one-body quantities such as magnetization and charge density remain the same as in the high-temperature phase. The (hidden) order parameter Ψ at each site is given by Ψ =〈S · (s1 − s2)〉where S is the localized pseudo spin and si (i = 1, 2) is the pseudo spin of conduction channel i at the same site. This order can be interpreted as itinerant higher multipoles of electrons, and also as analogue of the composite superconducting order with odd frequency pairing. We discuss implication of our results in actual systems.
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