Abstract

Cubic Pr-based compounds with $\Gamma_3$ non-Kramers doublet ground states can realize a novel heavy Fermi liquid with spinorial hybridization ('hastatic' order) that breaks time reversal symmetry. Several Pr-"1-2-20" materials exhibit a suggestive heavy Fermi liquid stabilized in intermediate magnetic fields; these provide key insight into the quadrupolar Kondo lattice. We develop a simple, yet realistic microscopic model of ferrohastatic order, and elaborate its experimental signatures and behavior in field, where it is a good candidate to explain the observed heavy Fermi liquids at intermediate fields in Pr(Ir,Rh)$_2$Zn$_{20}$. In addition, we develop the Landau theory of ferrohastatic order, which allows us to understand its behavior close to the transition and explore thermodynamic signatures from magnetic susceptibility to thermal expansion.

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