McMorrow, D. F.McEwen, K. A.Steigenberger, U.Ronnow, H. M.Yakhou, F.2007-01-242007-01-242007-01-24200110.1103/PhysRevLett.87.057201https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/239927Quadrupolar ordering in a 5f electron system has been observed directly for the first time, using x-ray scattering techniques. In UPd3 at low temperatures satellite peaks appear at (1, 0, l) (orthorhombic notation) with I odd and even. Both sets of peaks show a resonant enhancement of the scattering at the M-IV edge of U. At resonance, the dominant scattering of the 1 odd peaks occurs in the unrotated polarization channel, whereas for I even a significant rotated component is found. These results are discussed in terms of possible structures of the antiferroquadrupolar phases.PHASE-TRANSITIONSLA0.5SR1.5MNO4SUSCEPTIBILITYCRYSTALSLAMNO3CHARGEtext::journal::journal article::research article