Abstract
We report our theoretical results on the order parameters for the pyrochlore metal Cd_{2}Re_{2}O_{7}, which undergoes enigmatic phase transitions with inversion symmetry breaking. By carefully examining active electronic degrees of freedom based on the lattice symmetry, we propose that two parity-breaking phases at ambient pressure are described by unconventional multipoles, electric toroidal quadrupoles (ETQs) with different components, x^{2}-y^{2} and 3z^{2}-r^{2}, in the pyrochlore tetrahedral unit. We elucidate that the ETQs are activated by bond or spin-current order on Re─Re bonds. Our ETQ scenario provides a key to reconciling the experimental contradictions, by measuring ETQ specific phenomena, such as peculiar spin splittings in the electronic band structure, magnetocurrent effect, and nonreciprocal transport under a magnetic field.
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