MAGNETIC 1ST-ORDER TRANSITIONS IN UNIGE

被引:16
作者
MURASIK, A
FISCHER, P
TROC, R
TRAN, VH
机构
[1] POLISH ACAD SCI,INST LOW TEMP & STRUCT RES,PL-50950 WROCLAW,POLAND
[2] ETH ZURICH,NEUTRONENSTREUUNG LAB,CH-5232 VILLIGEN,SWITZERLAND
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10.1088/0953-8984/3/12/014
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
Bulk magnetic and neutron diffraction measurements revealed that UNiGe orders antiferromagnetically at T(N) = (43.3 +/- 0.1)K. The magnetic unit cell is doubled along the a and c directions corresponding to a propagation vector k = (1/2, 0, 1/2). At 13 K the ordered magnetic moment of uranium amounts to (1.37 +/- 0.07)mu-B and is aligned along the b axis. There is strong experimental evidence that the transition to the ordered state is of first order.
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