Neutron diffraction on a UGa3 single crystal

被引:36
作者
Dervenagas, P
Kaczorowski, D
Bourdarot, F
Burlet, P
Czopnik, A
Lander, GH [1 ]
机构
[1] Commiss European Communities, JRC, Inst Transuranium Elements, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
[2] Polish Acad Sci, W Trzebiatowski Inst Low Temp & Struct Res, PL-50950 Wroclaw, Poland
[3] Commissariat Energie Atom, Dept Rech Fondamentale Matiere Condensee, SPSMS, MDN, F-38054 Grenoble, France
来源
PHYSICA B | 1999年 / 269卷 / 3-4期
关键词
itinerant antiferromagnetism; actinides; neutron diffraction;
D O I
10.1016/S0921-4526(99)00134-9
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
The magnetic structure of antiferromagnetic UGa3 (T-N approximate to 64 K) has been examined by neutron diffraction measurements on a single crystal. The ordered magnetic moment is 0.74(8)mu(B) per U atom at 5 K. From measurements with an applied magnetic field we suggest that the moments are along the [111] direction. In the vicinity of 40 K the mosaic of the crystal changes significantly. This coincides with the anomaly in the magnetic susceptibility observed at the same temperature, indicating a possible crystallographic distortion or a reorientation of the magnetic moments. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:368 / 372
页数:5
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