Abstract
Neutron diffraction measurements performed on a powder as well as on a single crystal compound Ho3Co reveal complex magnetic structures. The antiferromagnetic ordering sets in at TN∼22 K followed by a spin reorientation at T1 ∼ 9 K. In the temperature range T 1 < T< N TN the magnetic ordering is associated with the wave vectors k1 = (0 0 0) and k2 = (0.1500). Below T1 higher harmonics of k2 appear. The 15K k 1 antiferromagnetic structure corresponds to a 2D and 3D canting of Ho1 (4c site) and Ho2 (8d site) magnetic moments, respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 565-567 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials |
| Volume | 272-276 |
| Issue number | I |
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| State | Published - May 2004 |
Funding
This work was performed at the spallation neutron source SINQ, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland. Financial support by the Swiss National Science Foundation through both grant SCOPES No. 7 IP 65598 and the NCCR MaNEP is gratefully acknowledged.
Keywords
- Magnetic phase boundaries
- Neutron diffraction
- Single crystal
- Spin arrangements in magnetically ordered materials