Magnetic Properties of RCuGe (R=Pr, Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er) Compounds

• Authors: S. Baran , J. Leciejewicz , N. Stüsser , A. Szytuła , Z. Tomkowicz , A. Zygmunt
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The magnetic properties including the magnetic structure were determined by magnetometric and neutron diffraction measurements of the polycrystalline samples. RCuGe compounds are antiferromagnets at low temperatures, with T_{N} ranging from 2.2 K for R = Pr to 17 K for R = Gd. The external magnetic field causes a change in the type of the magnetic ordering from antiferro- to ferromagnetic state. From the neutron diffraction data the magnetic structure of all RCuGe compounds are determined. In the case of ErCuGe below T_{N} an additional phase transition is observed. The obtained experimental data are discussed in terms of an exchange interaction of the RKKY-type and crystalline electric field.

Keywords

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75.30.Cr; 75.30.Kz; 75.50.Ee

Discipline

• 75.30.Cr: Saturation moments and magnetic susceptibilities
• 75.50.Ee: Antiferromagnetics
• 75.30.Kz: Magnetic phase boundaries (including classical and quantum magnetic transitions, metamagnetism, etc.)(for ferroelectric phase transitions, see 77.80.B-; for superconductivity phase diagrams, see 74.25.Dw)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1997
• Volume: 92
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 271-275

Dates

published

1997-08

Contributors

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S. Baran

• Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Reymonta 4, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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J. Leciejewicz

• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warszawa, Poland

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N. Stüsser

• ΒΕΝSC, Hahn-Meitner Institute, Berlin-Wannsee, Germany

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A. Szytuła

• Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Reymonta 4, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Z. Tomkowicz

• Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Reymonta 4, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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A. Zygmunt

• Institute of Low Temperature Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.92.271