NMR and NQR investigations of local symmetry in the hidden order phase of URu₂Si₂

In order to study local symmetries at the 4e(Si)- and 4d(Ru)-sites above and below hidden order transition temperature TO = 17.5 K in URu2Si2, we have investigated the nuclear quadrupole interaction by 73Ge-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement on a 10% 73Ge-substituted sample URu2(Si0.9Ge0.1)2, and by 101Ru-nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurement on a pure single crystal sample. The present 73Ge-NMR measurements do not give any evidence for change in the local symmetry at 4e-site within experimental accuracy. On the other hand, the precise measurement of 101Ru-NQR frequency has detected an anomaly just below TO as sensitively as the thermal expansion measurement dose. Its temperature dependence shows a linear relation with that of the in-plane lattice parameter, which may be a clue to clarify a modification in microscopic charge distribution at TO.