Fermi Surface of the Heavy-fermion Superconductor PrTi2Al20

We have investigated the Fermi surface properties in the Pr-based heavy-fermion superconductor PrTi2Al20 and its reference compound LaTi2Al20 by means of the de Haas–van Alphen effect experiments and the band-structure calculation. The topology of Fermi surface in PrTi2Al20 is close to that of the reference compound LaTi2Al20, indicating a localized nature of 4f-electrons. Whereas the localized nature of 4f-electrons, we have confirmed a highly enhanced cyclotron effective mass up to 12 m0 (m0 is a rest mass of electron), which is enhanced about 5 times compared to that in LaTi2Al20.