A Possible Novel Magnetic Ordering in SmRu4P12

We have carried out X-ray absorption spectroscopy, 149 Sm nuclear resonant forward scattering, and 99 Ru Mossbauer spectroscopy of SmRu 4 P 12 . The X-ray absorption spectra indicate that the Sm ions are trivalent up to 14 K. The quantum beats due to magnetic dipolar ordering are observed at 4.5 K in 149 Sm nuclear resonant forward scattering. The temperature dependence of time-integrated intensity in 149 Sm nuclear forward scattering suggests that the magnetic dipolar ordering occurs just below the metal–insulator transition temperature. No significant changes in the parameters are observed between 77 and 5 K in 99 Ru Mossbauer spectroscopy. The present result suggests a magnetic ordering accompanied by a magnetic dipole moment at the metal–insulator transition temperature in SmRu 4 P 12 in spite of the proposal of the magnetic ordering accompanied by a T β -type octupole.

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