We have studied the electrical resistivity of Ce0.8 Pr0.2 B6 for H � �110� both at the ambient pressure and under pressure of P =1.36GPa. At the ambient pressure, Pr-doping acts to enhance TQ different from the large suppression of TQ in Ce0.7 Pr0.3 B6 . This difference is ascribed to the different magnitude of the magnetic interaction between these two compounds. TN shows the unusual increase with increasing magnetic field, which is explained by considering the effect of the magnetic field induced Txy z -AFO order. By applying the pressure, the low temperature region of the magnetic phase diagram is largely modified. This originates from the existence of the effective ferromagnetic moment induced by the Oxy -AFQ and Txy z -AFO order by the magnetic field. KEYWORDS: Cex Pr1−x B6 , octupole order, multipole interactionMultipole order is one of the recent topics in the f electron systems. Among them, CeB 6 is one of the most famous compounds showing the unusual antiferroquadrupole(AFQ) order.1-4 CeB 6 is the first compound in which it was verified that the octupole interaction plays an essential role in the unusual antiferroquadrupole (AFQ) ordered phase of this compound. 2CeB 6 shows the AFQ order at T Q = 3.3 K, the antiferro (AF) magnetic order at T N = 2.3 K. These two phases are called phases II and III, respectively. The paramagnetic phase is called phase I. The unusual behaviors of this compound originate from the coexistence of the different kinds of the interactions, i.e., O xy -type AFQ, T xy z -AF octupolar (AFO), and AF magnetic interactions, and large multipole fluctuation. 2-4PrB 6 shows two successive phase transitions below T N =4.2K and T IC =7K.5 The commensurate magnetic structure below T N =4.2K is similar to that of phase III in CeB 6 . This leads to the important contribution of the O xy -AFQ interaction also in PrB 6 . 5-9 We have studied the Ce x Pr 1−x B 6 system in order to clarify the nature of the multipole interactions in RB 6 . Although the magnetic phase diagram of Ce 0.9 Pr 0.1 B 6 is similar to that of CeB 6 apart from the closeness of T Q and T N , Ce 0.7 Pr 0.3 B 6 for H � �110� exhibits very different magnetic phase diagram as shown in Fig.1 where T Q enters into the magnetic ordered state.
We have studied the electrical resistivity of PrB 6 under pressure up to P = 0.8 GPa, with magnetic fields applied along the ͓001͔ and ͓111͔ directions. The commensurate ͑C͒ magnetic ordered phase is significantly stabilized by pressure, and another extra phase ͑denoted phase A͒ is observed under a low pressure of ϳ0.3 GPa. This phase appears above the transition temperature T IC1 = 7 K at which the incommensurate magnetic order sets in at the ambient pressure. The magnetic phase diagram for H ʈ ͓111͔ changes drastically under pressure. Short-range interactions, which are strongly dependent on the Pr-Pr distances, are likely to play a dominant role in the relative stability of the different phases.Multipole order is one of the recent topics in the f electron systems. RB 6 ͑R = rare-earth element͒ is a good system to study the multipole interactions because of the cubic simple crystal structure. The crystalline electric-field ͑CEF͒ level schemes of CeB 6 , PrB 6 , and NdB 6 are known and the CEF ground state of these compounds contains the multipole degrees of freedom. 1 It is well known that CeB 6 exhibits the unusual antiferroquadrupole ͑AFQ͒ order dominated by the O xy -type AFQ and T xyz -antiferro-octupole interactions. [2][3][4] Here, O xy = ͱ 3 / 2 J x J y and T xyz = ͱ 15/ 6 J x J y J z where the bars denote the sums of all possible permutations of indices. In CeB 6 , there exist three phases called as I, II, and III. Phase I is paramagnetic. Phase II below T Q = 3.2 K is the O xy -type AFQ ordered phase with the wave vector Q = ͓1 / 2,1/ 2,1/ 2͔. Phase III below T N = 2.3 K is the noncollinear magnetic ordered phase with the wave vectors k ͑1,2͒ = ͓1 / 4, Ϯ 1 / 4,1/ 2͔ and kЈ ͑1,2͒ = ͓1 / 4, Ϯ 1 / 4,0͔, which is dominated by the O xy -type AFQ order. 2 In PrB 6 and NdB 6 , while the dipole interaction is dominant, the magnetic structures are affected by the higher order multipole interactions.In PrB 6 , there exist four magnetic ordered phases of C, IC1, IC2, and C H as are shown in Fig. 1͑a͒. [5][6][7][8][9] We define the transition temperature from the paramagnetic to IC1 phase as T IC1 and that from the IC1 to C phase as T N . The C phase is the commensurate ͑C͒, double-k magnetic ordered phase with the wave vectors k C ͑1,2͒ = ͓1 / 4, Ϯ 1 / 4,1/ 2͔, where the nonclolinear alignment of the magnetic moment with the easy axis along the twofold one is realized. 5 The magnetic structure in the C phase is similar to that in phase III of CeB 6 . This similarity strongly suggests the importance of the O xy -type AFQ interaction also in PrB 6 . The IC1 phase is the incommensurate ͑IC͒, double-k magnetic ordered phase with the wave vectors k IC1 ͑1,2͒ = ͓1 / 4−␦ , Ϯ 1 / 4,1/ 2͔, where ␦ = 0.05. 5 At H = 0, there exist the planar-type three domains of K xy , K yz , and K zx . The K xy domain is dominated by the O xy -AFQ order, etc. In the IC1 phase, there exist K xy IC1 , K yz IC1 , and K zx IC1 . The magnetic phase diagram for H ʈ ͓001͔ is normal as is observed in a usual antiferromagnetic ͑AF͒ magnet where T ...
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