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The electronic structure of the tetragonal RMn_{2}Ge_{2} (R = Ca, Y, La, Ba) antiferromagnets is presented using the self-consistent Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method. According to the neutron refinements, two types of collinear antiferromagnetic structure are taken into account: AF_{1} for YMn_{2}Ge_{2} and AF_{2} for the other compounds. The calculated magnetic moments on Mn: 2.17μ_{B} (YMn_{2}Ge_{2}), 2.84 μ_{B} (CaMn_{2}Ge_{2}), 2.95 μ_{B} (LaMn_{2}Ge_{2}), and 3.47 μ_{B} (BaMn_{2}Ge_{2}) remain in good agreement with the neutron data (in μ_{B}) 2.20, 2.67, 3.05, and 3.66, respectively. As seen on antiferromagnetic density of states, all systems are metallic, however BaMn_{2}Ge_{2} is found near semimetallic limit. The total energy Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker computations on CaMn_{2}Ge_{2}, performed in both antiferromagnetic phases, result in preferring of the AF _{2} structure.
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- 75.50.Ee: Antiferromagnetics
- 71.15.Nc: Total energy and cohesive energy calculations
- 71.15.Mb: Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections
- 75.20.Hr: Local moment in compounds and alloys; Kondo effect, valence fluctuations, heavy fermions(for Kondo effect and scattering mechanisms in electronic conduction, see 72.15.Qm and 72.10.Fk)
- 75.20.En: Metals and alloys
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761-765
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2000-05
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- Faculty of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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- Laboratoire de Chimie du Solide Mineral, Université Henri Poincaré-Nancy I, 54506 Vandoeuvre les Nancy Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie du Solide Mineral, Université Henri Poincaré-Nancy I, 54506 Vandoeuvre les Nancy Cedex, France
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