@article{41162dc84dd64cc3b21a9f3772a14e52,
title = "Magnetocrystalline anisotropy in UMn2Ge2 and related Mn-based actinide ferromagnets",
abstract = "We present magnetization isotherms in pulsed magnetic fields up to 62 T, supported by first-principles calculations, demonstrating a huge uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy - approximately 20 MJ/m3 - in UMn2Ge2. This large anisotropy results from the extremely strong spin-orbit coupling affecting the uranium 5f electrons, which in the calculations exhibit a substantial orbital moment exceeding 2μB. We also find from theoretical calculations that a number of isostructural Mn actinide compounds are expected to have similarly large anisotropy.",
author = "Parker, {David S.} and Nirmal Ghimire and John Singleton and Thompson, {J. D.} and Bauer, {Eric D.} and Ryan Baumbach and David Mandrus and Ling Li and Singh, {David J.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 American Physical Society.",
year = "2015",
month = may,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174401",
language = "English",
volume = "91",
journal = "Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics",
issn = "1098-0121",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "17",
}